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cucumber, fruit of Cucumis sativus, a species of gourd gourd (gôrd, g ..... Click the link for more information. whose many varieties are descended from a plant native to Asia and Africa. Cucumber is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Violales, family Curcurbitaceae. cucumberCreeping plant (Cucumis sativus), of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), or its oblong fruit, for which it is widely cultivated. It probably originated in northern India. The plant is a tender annual with a rough, succulent, trailing stem and hairy leaves with pointed lobes; the stem bears branched tendrils by which the plant can suspend itself. The food value of the fruit is low, but its delicate flavour makes it a popular vegetable for salads and relishes. |
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| BUT round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. De Ville was in a pretty mess--I helped to scrape him off; but he was cool as a cucumber and made no threats at all. The point, that he had eaten cucumber for supper, was divulged in the last line and was greeted with laughter, a little forced because everyone knew the poem well, but loud and long. |
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