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Cucumis
(gcide) | Cucumis \Cu"cu*mis\ (k?k?--m?s), n. [L., cucumber.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same
kinds of gourds.
[1913 Webster] Cucurbit |
cucumis
(wn) | Cucumis
n 1: cucumbers; muskmelons [syn: Cucumis, genus Cucumis] |
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Cucumis Anguria
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Cucumis Colocynthis
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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]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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Cucumis colocynthis
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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]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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Cucumis flexuosus
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Cucumis melo
(gcide) | Honeydew melon \Hon"ey*dew` mel"on\, n.
A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to
the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a
smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light
green flesh. It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8
to 10 inches long on the long axis.
[PJC]Muskmelon \Musk"mel`on\, n. [Musk + melon.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Cucumis Melo) of the
gourd family, having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and
cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the
cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller
nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.
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Cucumis Melo
(gcide) | Honeydew melon \Hon"ey*dew` mel"on\, n.
A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to
the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a
smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light
green flesh. It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8
to 10 inches long on the long axis.
[PJC]Muskmelon \Musk"mel`on\, n. [Musk + melon.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Cucumis Melo) of the
gourd family, having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and
cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the
cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller
nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.
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Cucumis sativus
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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] |
cucumis
(wn) | Cucumis
n 1: cucumbers; muskmelons [syn: Cucumis, genus Cucumis] |
cucumis melo
(wn) | Cucumis melo
n 1: any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted
rind and edible flesh and a musky smell [syn: {sweet
melon}, muskmelon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo] |
cucumis melo cantalupensis
(wn) | Cucumis melo cantalupensis
n 1: a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind
and orange flesh [syn: cantaloupe, cantaloup,
cantaloupe vine, cantaloup vine, {Cucumis melo
cantalupensis}] |
cucumis melo inodorus
(wn) | Cucumis melo inodorus
n 1: any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a
smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not
have a musky smell [syn: winter melon, Persian melon,
honeydew melon, winter melon vine, {Cucumis melo
inodorus}] |
cucumis melo reticulatus
(wn) | Cucumis melo reticulatus
n 1: a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated
rind and sweet green flesh [syn: net melon, {netted
melon}, nutmeg melon, Cucumis melo reticulatus] |
cucumis sativus
(wn) | Cucumis sativus
n 1: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest
times for its cylindrical green fruit [syn: cucumber,
cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus] |
genus cucumis
(wn) | genus Cucumis
n 1: cucumbers; muskmelons [syn: Cucumis, genus Cucumis] |
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