cucumbery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cucumber +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

cucumbery (comparative more cucumbery, superlative most cucumbery)

  1. resembling cucumber
    • 1999, Ivan Doig, Mountain Time:
      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?"