English-Thai Dictionary

cucumber

N ต้น แตงกวา  ton-taeng-kwa

 

cucumber

N แตงกวา  taeng-kwa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUCUMBER

n.[L.] The name of a plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucumis. The flower is yellow and bell-shaped; and the stalks are long, slender and trailing on the ground, or climbing by their claspers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUCUMBER

CUCUMBER Cu "cum *ber (k `km-br, formerly kou "km-br ), n.Etym: [OE. cucumer,cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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. Bitter cucumber (Bot. ), the Citrullus or Cucumis Colocynthis. SeeColocynth. -- Cucumber beetle. (Zoöl.) (a ) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris ), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b ) The squash beetle. -- Cucumber tree. (a ) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia (M. acuminata ), so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b ) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi ) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. -- Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin (Cucumis Anguria ). -- Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus ) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. -- Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium ) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See Elaterium. -- Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus ) with prickly fruit.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cucumber

cu cum ber |ˈkyo͞oˌkəmbər ˈkjuˌkəmbər | ▶noun 1 a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled. 2 the climbing plant of the gourd family that yields this fruit, native to the Chinese Himalayan region. It is widely cultivated but very rare in the wild. [Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae. ] PHRASES ( as ) cool as a cucumber untroubled by heat, stress, or exertion. • calm and relaxed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French cocombre, coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-.

 

cucumber mosaic

cu cum ber mo sa ic ▶noun a viral disease affecting plants of the gourd family, spread by beetles and aphids and causing mottling and stunting.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cucumber

cu ¦cum |ber |ˈkjuːkʌmbə | ▶noun 1 a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled. 2 the climbing plant of the gourd family which yields cucumbers, native to the Chinese Himalayan region. It is widely cultivated but very rare in the wild. ●Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae. PHRASES ( as ) cool as a cucumber untroubled by heat or exertion. • calm and relaxed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French cocombre, coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-.

 

cucumber mosaic

cu ¦cum |ber mo ¦saic ▶noun [ mass noun ] a virus disease affecting plants of the gourd family, spread by beetles and aphids and causing mottling and stunting.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cucumber

cu cum ber /kjúːkʌmbə r /名詞 C U キュウリ .(as ) c ò ol as a c ú cumber 〈人が 〉落ち着き払って .