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Definition of Cucumis sativus
1. Noun. A melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit.
Terms within: Cucumber, Cuke
Generic synonyms: Melon, Melon Vine
Group relationships: Cucumis, Genus Cucumis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cucumis Sativus
Literary usage of Cucumis sativus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The cucumber or gherkin (cucumis sativus L.) is a native of the East Indies,
whence in ancient times its culture spread over various parts of Asia and ..."
2. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1866)
"The singular of the word is A'isha, which resembles the Arabic A'issa, the name
for Cucumber. In Greek the name is Sicyos. It is the cucumis sativus, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The common cucumbers are derived from an Asian species, cucumis sativus (see
Cucumis), which has long been known in cultivation. The so-called West India ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The common Cucumbers are derived from a South Asian species, cucumis sativus (
see Cucumis), which has long been known in cultivation. ..."
5. The Scripture garden walk: comprising the botanical exposition and natural (1832)
"7. CORN. The generic name for grain of all sorts, as wheat, barley, &c. which are
noticed in their proper places. CUCUMBER.—cucumis sativus. ..."
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