Définition "cucumber" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

cucumber n

1 a creeping cucurbitaceous plant, Cucumis sativus, cultivated in many forms for its edible fruit
Compare → squirting cucumber

2 the cylindrical fruit of this plant, which has hard thin green rind and white crisp flesh

3 any of various similar or related plants or their fruits

4 ♦ cool as a cucumber very calm; self-possessed
(C14: from Latin cucumis, of unknown origin)

cucumber tree n

1 any of several American trees or shrubs of the genus Magnolia, esp. M. acuminata, of E and central North America, having cup-shaped greenish flowers and cucumber-shaped fruits

2 an E Asian tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, with edible fruits resembling small cucumbers: family Averrhoaceae
See also → carambola

sea cucumber n
any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having an elongated body covered with a leathery skin and bearing a cluster of tentacles at the oral end. They usually creep on the sea bed or burrow in sand
(C17: so named because of its cucumber-like shape)

squirting cucumber n
a hairy cucurbitaceous plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the Mediterranean region, having a fruit that discharges its seeds explosively when ripe