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cucumber 音标拼音: [kj'ukəmbɚ] n. 黄瓜,胡瓜 黄瓜,胡瓜 cucumber n 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}] Cucumber \ Cu" cum* ber\ ( k?` k? m- b? r, formerly kou" k? m- b? r), n. [ OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre, F. concombre.] ( Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus { Cucumis}, esp. { Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. [ 1913 Webster] { Bitter cucumber} ( Bot.), the { Citrullus Colocynthis} syn. { Cucumis Colocynthis}. See { Colocynth}. { Cucumber beetle.} ( Zool.) ( a) A small, black flea- beetle ({ Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. ( b) The squash beetle. { Cucumber tree}. ( a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus { Magnolia} {( Magnolia acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. ( b) An East Indian plant ({ Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. { Jamaica cucumber}, { Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly- fruited gherkin ({ Cucumis Anguria}). { Snake cucumber}, a species ({ Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously- shaped fruit. { Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({ Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See { Elaterium}. { Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({ Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. [ 1913 Webster] |
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