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| courgette |
(chiefly British) a cucumber-shaped vegetable with a smooth, dark green rind; a zucchini. |
| dill |
a cucumber pickle flavored with this herb. [1/2 definitions] |
| dill pickle |
a pickled cucumber flavored with dill. |
| falafel |
a sandwich made of falafel, diced tomato or cucumber, sometimes onions or lettuce, and a sauce, usu. stuffed into pita bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| gherkin |
a variety of small cucumber used for pickling. [3 definitions] |
| pickle |
a food, usu. cucumber, that has been preserved in a solution of salt, vinegar, and usu. seasonings. [1/4 definitions] |
| salad |
any of various cold vegetable mixtures, usu. containing lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onions, and the like, and served with a dressing. [1/2 definitions] |
| sea cucumber |
an echinoderm that has a long, leathery, cucumber-shaped body with a cluster of tentacles surrounding the mouth at one end. |
| zucchini |
a type of summer squash that has a smooth, dark green rind and is cucumber-shaped. |
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