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cucumeriform ( mycology, rare )

Etymology [ edit ]

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 Latin cucumis (“cucumber”), with the English -form; compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703), cucumiformis (1791) and French cucumeriforme (1777), cucumiforme (1804).

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Adjective [ edit ]

cucumiform (comparative more cucumiform, superlative most cucumiform)

Shaped like a cucumber cylinder tapered rounded curved 1826 , William Kirby and William Spence, An Introduction to Entomology IV, Cucumiform ( Cucumiformis ). Cucumber-shaped. Whose longitudinal section is oblong, and transverse circular.

, William Kirby and William Spence, IV, 1955 , William Gaddis, The Recognitions (Harcourt, Brace), 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, (Harcourt, Brace), 2011 , Terry Pratchett, Snuff: Discworld Novel 39 , Uncharacteristically for him, Lord Vetinari laughed out loud. He very nearly gloated at the downfall of his enemy and slammed his copy of the Ankh-Morpork Times , open at the crossword page, on to his desk. ‘ Cucumiform , shaped like a cucumber or a variety of squash! l thumb my nose at you, madam!’

, Terry Pratchett, , For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cucumiform

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Translations [ edit ]

shaped like a cucumber Finnish: kurkkumainen kurkun muotoinen

French: cucumiforme (fr)

German: gurkenförmig Latin: cucumiformis

Russian: имеющий (ru) ( imejuščij ) форму (ru) ( formu ) огурца (ru) ( ogurca )

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