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Definition of Cucumis Anguria

Cucumis Anguria
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 Cucumis Anguria from wikipedia

- Cu****is anguria, commonly known as maroon cu****ber, West Indian gherkin, maxixe, burr gherkin, cackrey, and West Indian gourd, is a vine that is indigenous...
- cantaloupe and honeydew), the horned melon (Cu****is metuliferus), and the West Indian gherkin (Cu****is anguria). 30 species occur in Africa, and 25 occur...
- ('small pickled cu****ber'). The term is also used in the name for Cu****is anguria, the West Indian gherkin, a closely related species. Burpless cu****bers...
- List of culinary vegetables "cu****is – Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. "Cu****is prophetarum L." www.gbif.org. "Cu****is prophetarum – Useful Tropical...
- The term gherkin is also used in the name West Indian gherkin for Cu****is anguria, a closely related species. West Indian gherkins are also sometimes...
- Bur cu****ber is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Cu****is anguria, native to Africa and naturalized in many other parts of the world...
- Physalis philadelphica Tomato Solanum lycopersi**** West Indian gherkin Cu****is anguria Water melon Citrullus lanatus Winter melon Benincasa hispida Zucchini /...
- Ctenolepis Hook.f.) Borneosicyos W.J.de Wilde Cephalopentandra Chiov. Cu****is L. Dactyliandra (Hook.f.) Hook.f. Indomelothria W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes...
- (disambiguation) Gerken, a surname Gerkens, a surname Gurkin, a surname Cu****is anguria, commonly known as "bur gherkin" or "West Indian gherkin" Melothria...
- Genus Cu****is: Cu****is afric**** L.f. indigenous Cu****is anguria L. indigenous Cu****is anguria L. var. longaculeatus J.H.Kirkbr. indigenous Cu****is ficifolius...