English Dictionary: cucumber tree | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chicken pox \Chick"en pox"\ (Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella. | |
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Chicken-breasted \Chick"en-breast`ed\, a. Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. | |
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d8Chose \[d8]Chose\, n.; pl. {Choses}. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See {Cause}.] (Law) A thing; personal property. {Chose in action}, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. {Chose in possession}, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. {Chose local}, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. {Chose transitory}, a thing which is movable. --Cowell. Blount. | |
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Velvetleaf \Vel"vet*leaf`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the {Abutilon Avicenn[91]}, the {Cissampelos Pareira}, and the {Lavatera arborea}, and even the common mullein. | |
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Cochin fowl \Co"chin fowl`\, (Zo[94]l.) A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam). | |
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Cockneyfy \Cock"ney*fy\ (-f[imac]), v. t. [Cockney + -fy.] To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.] | |
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Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[ocr]ks"k[omac]m`), n. [1st cock, n. + comb crest.] 1. See {Coxcomb}. 2. (Bot.) A plant ({Celosia cristata}), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called {garden cockscomb}. Also the {Pedicularis}, or lousewort, the {Rhinanthus Crista-galli}, and the {Onobrychis Crista-galli}. | |
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Coquimbite \Co*quim"bite\, n. A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili. | |
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Cosmoplastic \Cos`mo*plas"tic\ (k?z`m?-pl?s"t?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form.] Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. [bd]Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms.[b8] --Gudworth. | |
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Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. [?][?][?]; ko`smos the world + [?][?][?] citizen, [?][?][?] city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. | |
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Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\, a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen. | |
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Cosmopolitanism \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan*ism\ (k?z`m?-p?l"?-tan-?z'm), n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism. | |
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Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. [?][?][?]; ko`smos the world + [?][?][?] citizen, [?][?][?] city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. | |
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Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\, a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen. | |
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Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n. See {Cosmopolitan}. | |
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Cosmopolitical \Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al\ (k?z`m?-p?-l?t"?-kal), a. Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] --Hackluyt. | |
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Cosmopolitism \Cos*mop"o*li*tism\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?-t?z'm), n. The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices. | |
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Coxcomb \Cox"comb`\ (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of cock's comb.] 1. (a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps. (b) The cap itself. 2. The top of the head, or the head itself. We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. --Beau & Fl. 3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop. Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. --Goldsmith. Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. --Pope. 4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to {Celosia cristata}, or garden cockscomb. Same as {Cockscomb}. | |
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Coxcombical \Cox*comb"ic*al\ (k?ks-k?m"?-kal), a. Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. -- {Cox*comb"ic*al*ly}, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. --W. Irving. | |
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Coxcombical \Cox*comb"ic*al\ (k?ks-k?m"?-kal), a. Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. -- {Cox*comb"ic*al*ly}, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. --W. Irving. | |
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Coxcombly \Cox"comb"ly\ (k?ks"k?m`l?), a. like a coxcomb. [Obs.] [bd]You coxcombly ass, you![b8] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Coxcombry \Cox"comb`ry\ (-r?), n. The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
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Cucumiform \Cu*cu"mi*form\ (k?-k?"m?-f?rm), a. [L. cucumis cucumber + -form.] Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swan \Swan\, n. [AS. swan; akin to D. zwaan, OHG. swan, G. schwan, Icel. svanr, Sw. svan, Dan. svane; and perhaps to E. sound something audible.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to {Cygnus}, {Olor}, and allied genera of the subfamily {Cygnin[91]}. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death. Note: The European white, or mute, swan ({Cygnus gibbus}), which is most commonly domesticated, bends its neck in an S-shaped curve. The whistling, or trumpeting, swans of the genus {Olor} do not bend the neck in an S-shaped curve, and are noted for their loud and sonorous cry, due to complex convolutions of the windpipe. To this genus belong the European whooper, or whistling swan ({Olor cygnus}), the American whistling swan ({O. Columbianus}), and the trumpeter swan ({O. buccinator}). The Australian black swan ({Chenopis atrata}) is dull black with white on the wings, and has the bill carmine, crossed with a white band. It is a very graceful species and is often domesticated. The South American black-necked swan ({Sthenelides melancorypha}) is a very beautiful and graceful species, entirely white, except the head and neck, which are dark velvety seal-brown. Its bill has a double bright rose-colored knob. 2. Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon. 3. (Astron.) The constellation Cygnus. {Swan goose} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of India ({Cygnopsis cygnoides}) resembling both the swan and the goose. {Swan shot}, a large size of shot used in fowling. | |
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cucumbers (Heb. plur. kishshuim; i.e., "hard," "difficult" of digestion, only in Num. 11:5). This vegetable is extensively cultivated in the East at the present day, as it appears to have been in earlier times among the Hebrews. It belongs to the gourd family of plants. In the East its cooling pulp and juice are most refreshing. "We need not altogether wonder that the Israelites, wearily marching through the arid solitudes of the Sinaitic peninsula, thought more of the cucumbers and watermelons of which they had had no lack in Egypt, rather than of the cruel bondage which was the price of these luxuries." Groser's Scripture Natural History. Isaiah speaks of a "lodge" (1:8; Heb. sukkah), i.e., a shed or edifice more solid than a booth, for the protection throughout the season from spring to autumn of the watchers in a "garden of cucumbers." |