English Explanatory Dictionary

Armenian cucumber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, a long, slender variety of muskmelon which resembles a cucumber in taste and inner appearance.

Word forms

Armenian cucumber Armenian cucumbers

Etymology

Unknown. Although the snake melon has been cultivated since antiquity, the term mentioning Armenia originated in the US c. the 1950s.

Synonyms

snake cucumber snake melon yard-long cucumber
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