cucumber
Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/
The English word “cucumber” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin. First attested in the late 14c. Displaced native English earthapple (see which for more), which has since acquired other senses.
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