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1. Cucumber
   (Cucumis) Cucumis is a large group comprised of Melons and Cucumbers. They are climbing plants found wild in Asia. Just below are some descriptions of the Cucumber family (cucurbitaceae); following will be descriptions of Melons…
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2. cucumber
   [n] - a melon vine of the genus Cucumis 2. [n] - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable
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3. cucumber
   cool and moist due to their high water content.'Cukes' belong to the same family as pumpkins,zucchini,watermelon and other squashes. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • flavour produced when an oil is hermetically packed for too long,particularly in ...
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4. Cucumber
   Cu'cum·ber noun [ Middle English cucumer , cocumber , cucumber , from Latin cucmis , gen. cucumeris ; confer Old French cocombre ,F. concombre .] (Botany) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of se...
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5. cucumber
   cuke noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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6. cucumber
   cucumber vine noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
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7. Cucumber
   • (n.) 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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8. cucumber
   (Cucumis sativus), creeping plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, probably originating in northern India and widely cultivated for its fruit. It is a ... [4 related articles]
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9. Cucumber
   A long, green, cylinder-shaped member of the gourd family with edible seeds surrounded by mild, crisp flesh. Used for making pickles and usually eaten raw. Cucumbers have been cultivated for thousands of years.
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10. cucumber
    cucumber, fruit of Cucumis sativus, a species of gourd whose many varieties are descended from a plant native to Asia and Africa. Cucumber is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Violales, family Curcurbitaceae.
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11. Cucumber
    Cucumber is the fruit of Cucumissativus, or the plant itself, belonging to the Cucurbitaceae or gourd order, and supposed to have been originally imported into Europe from the Levant. Though grown in England in the 14th century, it did not become generally used until after the reign of Henry VIII. C...
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12. cucumber
    Trailing annual plant belonging to the gourd family, producing long, green-skinned fruit with crisp, translucent, edible flesh. Small cucumbers, called gherkins, usually the fruit of Cucumis anguria, are often pickled. (Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae.) There are about 735 species belonging to the cuc...
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13. Cucumber
    A long, green, cylinder-shaped member of the gourd family with edible seeds surrounded by mild, crisp flesh. Used for making pickles and usually eaten raw. Cucumbers have been cultivated for thousands of years.
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14. Cucumber
    The `cucumber` (Cucumis sativus) is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the work=plantdex.com-->--> Within these varieties, several different cultivars have emerged.<ref name=plantdex /> The cucumber is originally fro...
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15. Cucumber
    (TV series) `Children`s Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters` or `Cucumber`, was a TV show produced by TVOntario in the 1970s, and repeated in the 1980s during TVOntario`s daytime kids` programming. The show featured a human-sized moose (played by Alex...
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16. Cucumber
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