Squirting cucumber

Squirting cucumber
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. [1913 Webster]

{Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus Colocynthis} syn. {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} {(Magnolia 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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • squirting cucumber — n. a sprawling vine (Ecballium elaterium) of the gourd family, with a small, fleshy fruit that separates from its stalk and squirts out its seeds when ripe …   English World dictionary

  • Squirting cucumber — Squirt Squirt (skw[ e]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv[ a]tta, E. squander.] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • squirting cucumber — noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • Syn: ↑exploding cucumber, ↑touch me not, ↑Ecballium elaterium • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • squirting-cucumber — paprastasis tryškenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Ecballium elaterium), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje, pietų Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ecballium elaterium; Momordica elaterium angl.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • squirting cucumber — noun The plant Ecballium elaterium, a member of the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae), so named because when the fruit is fully ripe it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds. Syn: exploding cucumber …   Wiktionary

  • squirting cucumber — noun Date: 1802 a Mediterranean plant (Ecballium elaterium) of the gourd family with oblong fruit that bursts from the peduncle when ripe and forcibly ejects the seeds …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice. [1795 1805] * * * ▪ plant       (Ecballium elaterium), trailing herbaceous plant, of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae),… …   Universalium

  • squirting cucumber — wild plant that produces juicy fruit …   English contemporary dictionary

  • squirting cucumber — squirt′ing cu′cumber n. pln a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice • Etymology: 1795–1805 …   From formal English to slang

  • squirting cucumber — /ˌskwɜtɪŋ ˈkjukʌmbə/ (say .skwerting kyoohkumbuh) noun a plant, Ecballium elaterium, native to the Mediterranean region, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice …  

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