cucumber
cu·cum·ber
noun
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Origin
From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin. First attested in the late 14c. Displaced native English earthapple (see which for more), which has since acquired other senses.
Phrases
- cucumber beetle Affixed and blended forms
- cucumber fish Affixed and blended forms
- cucumber mosaic virus Affixed and blended forms
- cucumber time Affixed and blended forms
- cucumber tree Affixed and blended forms
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