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cucumber

Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːkʌmbə/
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Definition of cucumber

noun

  • 1a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.
  • 2the climbing plant of the gourd family which yields cucumbers, native to the Chinese Himalayan region. It is widely cultivated but very rare in the wild.
    • Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae

Phrases

(as) cool as a cucumber

untroubled by heat or exertion: he leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber
calm and relaxed: she looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French cocombre, coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-

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