Cŭ'cum-ber, n.

n. [O. Fr. coucombre, now concombre, It. cocomero, Sp. cohombro, Ger. kukumer, Lat. cucumis, gen. cucumeris.] (Bot.) A well-known plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucumis. The species commonly eaten unripe as a salad is C. sativus.

☞ Formerly pronounced kow'kum-ber, and still so called by the vulgar.