different between cucumber vs waterleaf

English

Etymology

From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kju??k?mb?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kju??k?mb?/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?ka??k?mb?/

Noun

cucumber (plural cucumbers)

1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

   Synonym: (informal) cuke
3. A person who is calm and self-possessed.

Derived terms

Related terms

• cucumiform (cucumber-shaped)

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Translations

Further reading

• cucumber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

cucumber

1. Alternative form of cucumer

English

Alternative forms

• water-leaf

Etymology

water +? leaf

Noun

waterleaf (plural waterleafs or waterleaves)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
2. (botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.
3. A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
4. (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
5. (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.

Synonyms

• (tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable): cariru, Ceylon spinach, Florida spinach, Lagos bologi, potherb fameflower, Philippine spinach, Surinam purslane, sweetheart

Derived terms

• ballhead waterleaf, ball-headed waterleaf
• blunt-leaf waterleaf, bluntleaf waterleaf
• Brown's waterleaf
• dwarf waterleaf
• Fendler's waterleaf
• great waterleaf
• largeleaf waterleaf
• Pacific waterleaf
• Virginia waterleaf
• waterleaf capital
• western waterleaf

Anagrams

• water flea, waterflea