Definition of cucumber
: the fruit of a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family cultivated as a garden vegetable; also : this vine
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Brass Tap infuses Smirnoff vodka with cucumbers and jalapenos and also offers regular vodka.
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Sea cucumbers breathe using feathery outgrowths of their guts, and several insect larvae breathe using butt snorkels.
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Davis is also a cool-as-cucumber burglar named The Prowler, who happens to be the uncle of one Miles Morales—a.k.a.
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My most recent wedge salad also had unexpected cucumber — hey, thanks, Sisters and Brothers!
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Invite diners to squeeze the lime over their rice and to eat bites of the cucumber and green onion alternating with bites of the rice.
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The beer taps will remain dry, the cucumber martinis available only over the border.
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Tall’s memories about the Market go back to taking the bus there every summer with her grandmother, Della Tall, to buy dill, spices and pickling cucumbers.
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Its base is the crisp lettuce, tomato, cucumber and red onion that are often piled on top of a falafel sandwich, and it is dressed with the sandwich's classic lemon-tahini dressing.
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Origin and Etymology of cucumber
Middle English, from Anglo-French cucumbre, from Latin cucumer-, cucumis
CUCUMBER Defined for Kids
cucumber
playDefinition of cucumber for Students
: a long usually green-skinned vegetable that is used in salads and for making pickles and is the fruit of a vine related to the melons and gourds
Medical Dictionary
cucumber
playMedical Definition of cucumber
: the fruit of a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family that is cultivated as a garden vegetable and that has diuretic seeds; also : this vine
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