| 单词 | cucumber tree |
| 释义 | cucumber treenounany of several American magnolias, especially Magnolia acuminata, having ovate leaves, yellowish-green bell-shaped flowers, and dark red, conelike fruit. any of certain other trees, as an East Indian tree of the genus Averrhoa. Origin of cucumber treeAn Americanism dating back to 1775–85; so called from the resemblance of its fruit to cucumbers Words nearby cucumber treecucullate, cucumber, cucumber beetle, cucumber mosaic, cucumber root, cucumber tree, cucurbit, cucurbitaceous, cucurbit wilt, Cúcuta, cud Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cucumber tree
British Dictionary definitions for cucumber treecucumber tree nounany of several American trees or shrubs of the genus Magnolia, esp M. acuminata, of E and central North America, having cup-shaped greenish flowers and cucumber-shaped fruits an E Asian tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, with edible fruits resembling small cucumbers: family AverrhoaceaeSee also carambola Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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