adj
cucumiform
Cucumiform (adj) means Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
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Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
"She was there, tumbling the marvelous cucumiform weights down upon a chest which looked as though it would cave in under such manna."
— William Gaddis, The Recognitions (1955)
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Etymology
First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892. It was formed by adding the English -form to cucumi-, the short i-stem of the Latin cucumis ("cucumber"); compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703) and cucumiformis (1791), and French cucumeriforme (1777) and cucumiforme (1804).
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What is the meaning of cucumiform?
"cucumiform" (adj) means shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
