Definition of "cucumber" []

• A tendril-bearing, climbing or sprawling annual plant (Cucumis sativus) widely cultivated for its edible cylindrical fruit that has a green rind and crisp white flesh. (noun)
• The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or pickled. (noun)
• Any of several related or similar plants, such as the bur cucumber or the squirting cucumber. (noun)

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• "In another, a man was cautioned for being “found in possession of an egg with intent to throw”, and in a third a child was arrested for throwing a slice of cucumber from a tuna sandwich at another youngster."
• "They would have tasted better had I omitted the Spam and just rolled plain cucumber in them."
• "Apparently sometimes the flesh of cucumber is just bitter -- some people can taste it and some people can't."