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noun

cucumber

KYOO-kuhm-ber/ˈkjuːkʌmbər/

A long green vegetable with crisp, watery flesh.

The sliced cucumber shows pale watery flesh and a seeded center.

A fresh long green cucumber with its end cut off and two round slices beside it, exposing pale, moist flesh and a translucent seeded center.
Etymology
cucumberLatincucumber

Latin cucumis already named the cucumber. Its deeper origin is uncertain, though it may come from a pre-Italic Mediterranean language.

In context

TED2:35
one monkey always got a piece of cucumber, and the other monkey sometimes got a piece of cucumber, but sometimes got a grape
Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness | Sarah Brosnan

More examples

  • She chopped two cucumbers.
  • He added cucumber to the salad.
  • A cucumber grew beneath the leaves.

Forms

cucumber · cucumbers

Similar words

zucchini
A different green vegetable with denser flesh.
gherkin
Usually a small cucumber used for pickling.