Cucumber

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 143

ku'kum-bgr, n. A creeping plant and fruit. [L. cucumis, -meris.] Cucurbit, -bite, ku-k§r'bTt, n. A chemical ve el used in distillation, orig. of the shape of a gourd. [L. cucurhita, a gourd.] — CucurTjita'ceo us, -shus, a. (Bot.) Of, or like, the melon and cucumber family.