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CUCUMIS SATIVUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cucumis sativus mean? 

CUCUMIS SATIVUS (noun)
  The noun CUCUMIS SATIVUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CUCUMIS SATIVUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUCUMIS SATIVUS (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("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)


 Context examples 


The oil extracted from the seeds of Cucumis sativus.

(Cucumber Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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