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English noun: cucumber

1. cucumber (plant) a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit


Synonymscucumber vine, Cucumis sativus


Broader (hypernym)melon, melon vine


Part holonymcucumber, cuke


Member meronymCucumis, genus Cucumis

2. cucumber (food) cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons


Synonymscuke


Broader (hypernym)veg, vegetable, veggie


Narrower (hyponym)gherkin


Part meronymcucumber, cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus









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