cucumber

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus

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