cucumiform

== English == === Alternative forms === cucumeriform (mycology, rare) === Etymology === First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892; formed by the suffixation of cucumi-, the short i-stem of the Latin cucumis (“cucumber”), with the English -form; compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703), cucumiformis (1791) and French cucumeriforme (1777), cucumiforme (1804). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo͞okyo͞oʹmĭfôrm, IPA(key): /kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/ === Adjective === cucumiform (comparative more cucumiform, superlative most cucumiform) Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cucumiform. ==== Related terms ==== cucumber ==== Translations ==== === References === “Cucumiform, a.” listed on page 1,237 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]  Cucumiform (kiukiū·mifǭɹm), a. rare. — ⁰ [f. L. cucumis cucumber + -form.] Of the shape of a cucumber. [¶] 1860 Worcester cites Maunder. “cucumiform, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]