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cucumber root — noun : indian cucumber * * * cucumber root, a plant of the lily family, having a fleshy rootstock which tastes like a cucumber; Indian cucumber … Useful english dictionary
cucumber root. — See Indian cucumber root. [1400 50; late ME] … Useful english dictionary
indian cucumber root — noun see indian cucumber * * * a North American plant, Medeola virginiana, of the lily family, having whorled leaves, nodding, greenish yellow flowers, and an edible root. Also called Indian cucumber. [1775 85, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
Indian cucumber root — a North American plant, Medeola virginiana, of the lily family, having whorled leaves, nodding, greenish yellow flowers, and an edible root. Also called Indian cucumber. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
cucumber beetle — any leaf beetle of the genus Diabrotica and related genera that feeds on cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family and is a vector of cucurbit wilt. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * Any of several leaf beetles (genus Diabrotica) that are important… … Universalium
indian cucumber — noun or indian cucumber root Usage: usually capitalized I : a small American herb (Medeola virginiana) of the lily family with a white succulent rootstock and with leaves in two whorls of which the upper whorl subtends an umbel of small greenish… … Useful english dictionary
Star cucumber — Star Star (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[ i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. asth r, a stron,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indian cucumber — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Striped cucumber beetle — Taxobox name = Acalymma vittatum regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Chrysomelidae subfamilia = Galerucinae tribus = Luperini genus = Acalymma species = A. vittatum binomial = Acalymma vittatum The… … Wikipedia
bowman's root — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
