Meanings
plural Armenian cucumbers
- Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, a long, slender variety of muskmelon which resembles a cucumber in taste and inner appearance.
Synonyms: snake cucumber, snake melon, yard-long cucumber
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCucumis melo var. flexuosus, a long, slender variety of muskmelon which resembles a cucumber in taste and inner appearance.
Origin
Unknown. Although the snake melon has been cultivated since antiquity, the term mentioning Armenia originated in the US c. the 1950s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فَقُّوس, قِثَّاء
- فَقُّوس (faqqūs)fruit
- قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ)fruit
- فَقُّوس (faqqūs)plant
- قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ)plant
Bulgarian арме́нска кра́ставица, арме́нска кра́ставица
- арме́нска кра́ставица (arménska krástavica)fruit
- арме́нска кра́ставица (arménska krástavica)plant
Catalan alficòs, alficossera
- alficòsfruit
- alficosseraplant
- alficòsplant
Finnish armeniankurkku, kakri
- armeniankurkkufruit
- kakrifruit
- armeniankurkkuplant
- kakriplant
French concombre arménien, concombre serpent
- concombre arménienfruit
- concombre serpentfruit
- concombre arménienplant
- concombre serpentplant
German Armenische Gurke, Armenische Gurke
- Armenische Gurkefruit
- Armenische Gurkeplant
Greek ξυλάγγουρο, ξυλαγγουριά
- ξυλάγγουρο (xylángouro)fruit
- ξυλαγγουριά (xylangouriá)plant
Hebrew פקוס, מלפפון הפקוס
- פקוס (fakús)fruit
- מלפפון הפקוס (melafefón hafakús)fruit
- מלפפון ארמני (melafefón arméni)fruit
- פקוס (fakús)plant
Persian کمبیزه, کمبزه
- کمبیزه (kombize)fruit
- کمبزه (komboze)fruit
- کمبیزه (kombize)plant
- کمبزه (komboze)plant
Polish ogórek ormiański, ogórek ormiański
- ogórek ormiańskifruit
- ogórek ormiańskiplant
Punjabi ਤਰ
- ਤਰ (tar)fruit
Russian армя́нский огуре́ц, ды́ня серебри́стая
- армя́нский огуре́ц (armjánskij oguréc)fruit
- ды́ня серебри́стая (dýnja serebrístaja)fruit
- серебри́стая ды́ня (serebrístaja dýnja)fruit
- зме́евидная ды́ня (zméjevidnaja dýnja)plant
- армя́нский огуре́ц (armjánskij oguréc)plant
- ды́ня серебри́стая (dýnja serebrístaja)plant
- серебри́стая ды́ня (serebrístaja dýnja)plant
Spanish alficoz, alpicoz
- alficozfruit
- alpicozfruit
- alficozplant
Swedish armenisk gurka, armenisk gurka
- armenisk gurkafruit
- armenisk gurkaplant
Turkish acur
- acurfruit
Cite this entry
Armenian cucumber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenian%20cucumber
“Armenian cucumber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenian%20cucumber. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Armenian cucumber,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenian%20cucumber.
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