CUCUMBER VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cucumber vine mean? 

• CUCUMBER VINE (noun)
  The noun CUCUMBER VINE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CUCUMBER VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUCUMBER VINE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cucumber; cucumber vine; Cucumis sativus

Hypernyms ("cucumber vine" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cucumber vine"):

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

Holonyms ("cucumber vine" is a member of...):

Cucumis; genus Cucumis (cucumbers; muskmelons)