cucumber
/ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/ noun B1- A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
- The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
- A person who is calm and self-possessed.
Plural cucumbers
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It always kind of gives me a thrill to see them ugly white grubs that spade up in the cucumber beds.
She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-frame, or something of the sort.
“What a number of cucumber-frames there must be!” thought Alice.
My mother makes a huge green salad with fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.
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