n.
- A tendril-bearing, climbing or sprawling annual plant (Cucumis sativus) widely cultivated for its edible cylindrical fruit that has a green rind and crisp white flesh.
- The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or pickled.
- Any of several related or similar plants, such as the bur cucumber or the squirting cucumber.
[Middle English cucomer, from Old French coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-.]
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