Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - cucumber
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1. бот. огурец (Cucumis stativus) sea cucumber —- зоол. голотурия, морской огурец (Holothuria) Id: cool as a cucumber —- невозмутимый, хладнокровный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. 1 a long green fleshy fruit, used in salads. 2 the climbing plant, Cucumis sativus, yielding this fruit. Etymology: ME f. OF co(u)combre f. L cucumer ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cucumbre, from Latin cucumer-, cucumis Date: 14th century the fruit of a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family cultivated as a garden vegetable; also this vine ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(cucumbers) 1. A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads. N-VAR 2. If you say that someone is as cool as a cucumber, you are emphasizing that they are very calm and relaxed, especially when you would not expect them to be. You can hardly be held responsible for Darrow waltzing in, cool as a cucumber, and demanding thousands of pounds. PHRASE c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a long thin round vegetable with a dark green skin and a light green inside usually eaten raw (tomato and cucumber salad) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1384, from O.Fr. cocombre, from L. cucumis (acc. cucumerem), perhaps from a pre-Italic Mediterranean language. Cowcumber was common var. 17c.-18c. Planted as a garden vegetable by 1609 by Jamestown colonists. Phrase cool as a cucumber embodies ancient folk knowledge confirmed by science in 1970: inside of a field cucumber on a warm day is 20 degrees cooler than the air temperature. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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