Meaning & Definition of Cucumber in English
English⟶
Cucumber
/kjukəmbər/
noun
1. A melon vine of the genus cucumis
- Cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
synonym:
- cucumber,
- cucumber vine,
- Cucumis sativus
2. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable
- Related to melons
synonym:
- cucumber,
- cuke
Examples of using
I thought I would be nervous, but I was cool as a cucumber.
It's not clear whether the cucumber infected the people, or if the people infected the cucumber.
Seeing the face of his wife covered in green spots, he had a heart attack. Yet another victim of the killer cucumber!