Synonyms:
cucumber, cuke
Meaning: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
Synonyms:
cucumber, cucumber_vine, Cucumis_sativus
Meaning: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Usage examples
Then without looking at it he would feel for the cucumber and bite off a bit.
'May I ask,' I said, beginning to think that his yarn smelt somewhat fishy, 'what house this was?' 'The place,' he replied, as cool as a cucumber, 'is called Clover Cottage.' 'What's that!' I cried--I almost jumped out of my chair.
Near the books there always stood a decanter of vodka, and a salted cucumber or a pickled apple lay beside it, not on a plate, but on the baize table-cloth. Every half-hour he would pour himself out a glass of vodka and drink it without taking his eyes off the book.