Definitions For Cucumiform

Adjective

Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.

Related terms

cucumber

Translations

Finnish: kurkkumainen, kurkku, kurkun muotoinen French: cucumiforme German: gurkenförmig Latin: cucumiformis Russian: имеющий форма, alt=форму огурец, alt=огурца

Alternative forms

cucumeriform {{qualifier, mycology, rare}}

Etymology

First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892; formed by the suffixation of , cucumi-, the short , i-stem of the {{etyl, la, en}} cucumis, , cucumber, with the {{cog, en, -form}}; compare the earlier {{cog, NL., cucumeriformis}} (1703), cucumiformis (1791) and {{cog, fr, cucumeriforme}} (1777), cucumiforme (1804).