cucumber Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
    Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
  2. noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
    cuke.

WordNet

Cu"cum*ber noun
Etymology
OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913