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Definition of Cucumber beetle

Cucumber beetle
Cucumber Cu"cum*ber (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus or Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth. Cucumber beetle. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. Cucumber tree. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin (Cucumis Anguria). Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See Elaterium. Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with prickly fruit.

Meaning of Cucumber beetle from wikipedia

- Cu****ber beetle is a common name given to members of two genera of beetles, Diabrotica and Acalymma, both in the family Chrysomelidae. The adults can be...
- Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cu****ber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cu****ber beetle that is native to North America. The species...
- Diabrotica balteata is a species of cu****ber beetle in the family Chrysomelidae known commonly as the banded cu****ber beetle. It occurs in the Americas, where...
- cu****ber beetle, is a beetle of the family Chrysomelidae and a serious pest of cucurbit crops in both larval and adult stages. The striped cu****ber beetle...
- (2013). "Intercropping cu****ber with amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) to suppress po****tions of major insect pests of cu****ber (Cu****is sativus L.)"...
- a community in West Virginia Cu****ber beetle, a type of beetle Sea cu****ber (Holothuroidea), a type of animal "Cu****ber King" (Nyaung-u Sawrahan), a ruler...
- repetita feed on the plant, as do the spotted cu****ber beetle, the striped cu****ber beetle and the leaf beetle Acalymma gouldi. Herbivorous mammals seem to...
- Acalymma trivittatum, the western striped cu****ber beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and...
- beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Members of this genus include several destructive agricultural pest species, sometimes referred to as cu****ber beetles...
- wild cu****ber and prickly cu****ber. It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. Sicyos angulatus, common name "bur cu****ber", is...