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Sicyos angulatus
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.

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- includes: Sicyos acariaeanthus Harms Sicyos acerifolius Brandegee Sicyos albus (H.St.John) I.Telford Sicyos andre**** Cogn. Sicyos angulatus L. Sicyos anunu...
- Chayote or Sicyos edulis (previously placed in the obsolete genus Sechium), also known as christophine, mirliton and choko, is an edible plant belonging...
- cluster Seedlings "Sicyos angulatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 16, 2007. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Sicyos angulatus​". The...
- has media related to Sicyos macrophyllus. Sicyos macrophyllus. NatureServe Explorer. Sicyos macrophyllus. USDA Plants Profile. Sicyos macrophyllus. USFWS...
- Sechium was a genus of plants now subsumed into the genus Sicyos: also placed in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known...
- Sicyos albus (sometimes spelled Sicyos alba) is a species of flowering plant in the gourd family known by the common names anunu and white bur-cu****ber...
- published under the name Sicyos trifoliatus (Cucurbitaceae) in Species Plantarum 2: 1013. 1753 "Plant Name Details for Sicyos trifoliatus". IPNI. Retrieved...
- Echinocystis lobata, native to North America, also known as "wild cu****ber." Sicyos Sicyos angulatus, native to eastern North America This page is an index of...
- cu****ber. It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. Sicyos angulatus, common name "bur cu****ber", is an annual plant with a similar...
- family Cucurbitaceae. Its name comes from Gr**** xeros (meaning "dry") and sicyos ("cu****ber"). There are three species, all endemic to Madagascar. Xerosicyos...