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cucumbery en · ADJ

Etymology

From cucumber + -y.

Meanings

1. resembling cucumber
   • She cut the frilly shamrock leaves of the burnet off the stems, minced the tiny pile with a butcher knife, then stirred their green flecks mightily into the bowl of dip, the better to have the catered-to ask, "Ooh, what gives it that cucumbery taste?" 1999, Ivan Doig, Mountain Time:

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