CUCUMIS SATIVUS

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Meaning:

A melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit

Synonyms:

cucumber; cucumber vine; Cucumis sativus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cucumis sativus" is a kind of...):

melon; melon vine (any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers)

Meronyms (parts of "Cucumis sativus"):

cucumber; cuke (cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons)

Holonyms ("Cucumis sativus" is a member of...):

Cucumis; genus Cucumis (cucumbers; muskmelons)