cucumber 
1. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit • Syn: cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus • Hypernyms: melon, melon vine • Member Holonyms: Cucumis, genus Cucumis • Part Meronyms: cuke 2. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons • Syn: cuke • Hypernyms: vegetable, veggie, veg • Hyponyms: gherkin • Part Holonyms: cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus
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