Meanings
comparative more cucumbery · superlative most cucumbery
- 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
Origin
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cucumbery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cucumbery
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