cucumber

Example Sentences

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Depending on the season, fields are filled with a variety of greens, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes and peppers, while herbs like basil, black sage, rosemary and marjoram perfume the gardens.

From Los Angeles Times

How they had frothed at the mouth and their eyes had turned as green as cucumbers.

From Literature

Crinoids are part of the phylum Echinodermata which also boasts sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

From BBC

Not just because my throat was hurting, but because cucumbers are disgusting.

From Literature

Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.

From Salon