| slovo | definícia |
cucumber
(mass) | cucumber
- uhorkový, uhorka |
cucumber
(encz) | cucumber,okurek |
cucumber
(encz) | cucumber,okurka n: Vít Profant |
cucumber
(encz) | cucumber,okurkový adj: |
Cucumber
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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cucumber
(wn) | cucumber
n 1: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest
times for its cylindrical green fruit [syn: cucumber,
cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus]
2: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh
eaten as a vegetable; related to melons [syn: cucumber,
cuke] |
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cucumber
(mass) | cucumber
- uhorkový, uhorka |
as cool as cucumber
(encz) | as cool as cucumber,klidný jako Angličan as cool as cucumber,s klidem Angličana as cool as cucumber,studený jako psí čumák |
cucumber
(encz) | cucumber,okurek cucumber,okurka n: Vít Profantcucumber,okurkový adj: |
cucumber salad
(encz) | cucumber salad,okurkový salát |
cucumber tree
(encz) | cucumber tree, n: |
cucumber vine
(encz) | cucumber vine, n: |
cucumbers
(encz) | cucumbers,okurky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
exploding cucumber
(encz) | exploding cucumber, n: |
large-leaved cucumber tree
(encz) | large-leaved cucumber tree, n: |
sea cucumber
(encz) | sea cucumber, n: |
squirting cucumber
(encz) | squirting cucumber, n: |
Bitter cucumber
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
[1913 Webster]Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
[1913 Webster]Colocynth \Col"ocynth\, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf.
Coloquintida.] (Med.)
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber
(Citrullus colocynthis, or Cucumis colocynthis), an
Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It
comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful
cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber,
bitter gourd.
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bitter cucumber
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
[1913 Webster]Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
19.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
[1913 Webster]Colocynth \Col"ocynth\, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf.
Coloquintida.] (Med.)
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber
(Citrullus colocynthis, or Cucumis colocynthis), an
Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It
comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful
cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber,
bitter gourd.
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Cucumber beetle
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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Cucumber tree
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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Indian cucumber
(gcide) | Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
Cf. Hindu.]
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1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
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2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
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3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
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Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).
Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.
Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.
Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
gymnastic exercise.
Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
husk.
Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola
(Medeola Virginica), a common in woods in the United
States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Symphoricarpus (Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing
small red berries.
Indian dye, the puccoon.
Indian fig. (Bot.)
(a) The banyan. See Banyan.
(b) The prickly pear.
Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
following one after another, the usual way among Indians
of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
States; wood grass. --Gray.
Indian hemp. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Apocynum ({Apocynum
cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
properties.
(b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from
which hasheesh is obtained.
Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
Avicenn[ae]}). See Abutilon.
Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.
Indian ox (Zool.), the zebu.
Indian paint. See Bloodroot.
Indian paper. See India paper, under India.
Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata, and {Gillenia
stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
also American ipecac, and bowman's root. --Gray.
Indian pink. (Bot.)
(a) The Cypress vine (Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called
in the West Indies.
(b) See China pink, under China.
Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white
flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
--Gray.
Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
hellebore} (Veratrum viride).
Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
Indian purple.
(a) A dull purple color.
(b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
black.
Indian red.
(a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
(b) See Almagra.
Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.
Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna ({Canna
Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
See Canna.
Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and
pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
Summer.
Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See
Lobelia.
Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
Aris[ae]ma. Aris[ae]ma triphyllum has a wrinkled
farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and
Wake-robin.
Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.
Indian yellow.
(a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
less pure than cadmium.
(b) See Euxanthin.
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Jamaica cucumber
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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Jerusalem cucumber
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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Sea cucumber
(gcide) | Sea cucumber \Sea" cu"cum*ber\ (Zool.)
Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to
the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American
and European species. (Pentacta frondosa).
[1913 Webster]Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[imac]pang.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also {b[^e]che de mer}, sea cucumber, and {sea
slug}. [Written also tripang.]
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Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are
taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they
are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They
are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
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sea cucumber
(gcide) | Sea cucumber \Sea" cu"cum*ber\ (Zool.)
Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to
the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American
and European species. (Pentacta frondosa).
[1913 Webster]Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[imac]pang.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also {b[^e]che de mer}, sea cucumber, and {sea
slug}. [Written also tripang.]
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Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are
taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they
are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They
are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
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sea cucumbers
(gcide) | Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
Holothurioidea.
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Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called {sea
cucumbers}, sea slugs, trepang, and {b[^e]che de
m[`e]r}. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
See Trepang.
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Serpent cucumber
(gcide) | Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia),
fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. ???,
Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf.
Herpes.]
1. (Zool.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake,
especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
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Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move
partly by bending the body into undulations or folds
and pressing them against objects, and partly by using
the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to
rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the
ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees.
A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See
Ophidia, and Fang.
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2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
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3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it
passess through the air or along the ground.
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4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens.
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5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone,
formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes
introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
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Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a
combustible white substance which in burning gives off a
poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous
residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is
employed as a scientific toy.
Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine
fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes
colubrina}; also, the plant itself.
Serpent eage (Zool.), any one of several species of
raptorial birds of the genera Circaetus and Spilornis,
which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern
Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is
Circaetus Gallicus.
Serpent eater. (Zool.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor.
Serpent fish (Zool.), a fish (Cepola rubescens) with a
long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running
lengthwise.
Serpent star (Zool.), an ophiuran; a brittle star.
Serpent's tongue (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; --
so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root.
Serpent withe (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant
(Aristolochia odoratissima).
Tree serpent (Zool.), any species of African serpents
belonging to the family Dendrophidae.
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Snake cucumber
(gcide) | Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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Squirting cucumber
(gcide) | Squirt \Squirt\ (skw[~e]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squirted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Squirting.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw.
sqv[aum]tta, E. squander.]
To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or
orifice; as, to squirt water.
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The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco
in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire
grate. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium.
[1913 Webster]Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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Star cucumber
(gcide) | Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
[1913 Webster]Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.
[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis,
gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (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.
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Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus Colocynthis syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata), so called from a slight
resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit.
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cucumber
(wn) | cucumber
n 1: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest
times for its cylindrical green fruit [syn: cucumber,
cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus]
2: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh
eaten as a vegetable; related to melons [syn: cucumber,
cuke] |
cucumber tree
(wn) | cucumber tree
n 1: American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit
like a small cucumber [syn: cucumber tree, {Magnolia
acuminata}] |
cucumber vine
(wn) | cucumber vine
n 1: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest
times for its cylindrical green fruit [syn: cucumber,
cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus] |
cucumber-shaped
(wn) | cucumber-shaped
adj 1: shaped like a cucumber |
exploding cucumber
(wn) | exploding cucumber
n 1: Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe
expels its seeds and juice violently when touched [syn:
squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not,
Ecballium elaterium] |
large-leaved cucumber tree
(wn) | large-leaved cucumber tree
n 1: large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States
having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy
flowers tinged purple toward the base [syn: {large-leaved
magnolia}, large-leaved cucumber tree, {great-leaved
macrophylla}, Magnolia macrophylla] |
sea cucumber
(wn) | sea cucumber
n 1: echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles
surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud
feeders [syn: sea cucumber, holothurian] |
squirting cucumber
(wn) | squirting cucumber
n 1: Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe
expels its seeds and juice violently when touched [syn:
squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not,
Ecballium elaterium] |
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