Kukum(b)er, Salat- u. Gemüsepflanze der Kürbisgewächse.
ETYM Old Eng. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, from Latin cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. Old Fren. cocombre,French concombre.
1. A melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit; SYN. cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus.
2. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons; SYN. cuke.
Trailing annual plant Cucumis sativus of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, producing long, green-skinned fruit with crisp, translucent, edible flesh. Small cucumbers, called gherkins, usually the fruit of C. anguria, are often pickled.
ETYM Dutch agurkje, a dim. akin to German gurke, Dan. agurke; cf. Pol. ogórek, Bohem. okurka, LGr. aggoyrion watermelon, Arabic al-khiyâr, Per. khiyâr.
1. Any of various small cucumbers pickled whole.
2. Small prickly cucumber.
Young or small green cucumber, used for pickling.