Cucumiform
//kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
"Cucumiform (Cucumiformis). Cucumber-shaped. Whose longitudinal section is oblong, and transverse circular."
Example
More examples"Cucumiform (Cucumiformis). Cucumber-shaped. Whose longitudinal section is oblong, and transverse circular."
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 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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