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Definition of Cucumbers
1. cucumber [n] - See also: cucumber
Medical Definition of Cucumbers
1. Cucumis sativus, creeping plants of the cucurbitaceae family. They are tender annuals with a rough succulent, trailing stem and hairy leaves with three to five pointed lobes. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cucumbers
Literary usage of Cucumbers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1900)
"Peel four or five cucumbers, cut them into halves, and remove all the seeds. ...
Put in the cucumbers and heat them without letting them boil. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"cucumbers agrees with us," says MRS. GREEN, thousands of years after the Wandering ;
attesting by that simple declaration at ouce the ..."
3. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1903)
"Peel four or five cucumbers, cut them into halves, and remove all the seeds. ...
Put in the cucumbers and heat them without letting them boil. ..."
4. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To pickle cucumbers and Onions sliced. To every dozen of cucumbers put three large
... To pickle young cucumbers. Choose nice young gerkins: spread them on ..."
5. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Boiled cucumbers. Old cucumbers may be pared, cut in pieces, cooked until ...
Fried cucumbers. • Pare cucumbers and cut lengthwise in one-third met slices. ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Eastern-grown cucumbers are sold in western markets at the time of the year at
which most of the western growers are devoting all of their glass to lettuce ..."
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