- cucumber-shaped
- adjectiveshaped like a cucumber• Similar to: ↑prolate, ↑watermelon-shaped
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cucumber tree — 1. any of several American magnolias, esp. Magnolia acuminata, having ovate leaves, yellowish green bell shaped flowers, and dark red, conelike fruit. 2. any of certain other trees, as an East Indian tree of the genus Averrhoa. [1775 85, Amer.;… … Universalium
watermelon-shaped — adjective having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis • Syn: ↑prolate • Ant: ↑oblate (for: ↑prolate) • Similar to … Useful english dictionary
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