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Cucumis

noun

cucumbers; muskmelons

• Syn: ↑genus Cucumis

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑gourd family

• Member Meronyms:

↑sweet melon, ↑muskmelon, ↑sweet melon vine, ↑Cucumis melo, ↑cucumber, ↑cucumber vine, ↑Cucumis sativus

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\\ˈkyük(y)əmə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cucumber — more at cucumber

: a genus of plants (family Cucurbitaceae) that are native to the warmer parts of the world, that include the cucumbers and muskmelons, and that have small sepals and a corolla with five petals

Useful english dictionary. 2012.