Cucumber vs Marshmallow - What's the difference?
cucumber | marshmallow |
A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
A species of mallow,
* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 180:
A type of confectionery consisting of sugar or corn syrup, beaten egg whites, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic and flavorings, whipped to a spongy consistency.
* (rfdate) Love, Life and Work :
* (rfdate) PH Wodehouse, A Wodehouse Miscellany :
(figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.
As nouns the difference between cucumber and marshmallow
is that cucumber is a vine in the gourd family, cucumis sativus while marshmallow is marshmallow (confectionery).cucumber
English
(wikipedia cucumber)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* cuke (informal)Derived terms
* Armenian cucumber () * cool as a cucumber * exploding cucumber * squirting cucumberSee also
* courgette * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchinimarshmallow
English
Alternative forms
* marsh mallowNoun
(en noun)- Our common Marsh Mallows have diverse soft, hoary white stalks rising to be three or four foot high, spreading forth many branches.
- The Disagreeable Girl is a female of the genus homo persuasion, built around a digestive apparatus that possesses marked marshmallow proclivities.
- It was an apple marshmallow sundae, I recollect. I dug my spoon into it with an assumption of gaiety which I was far from feeling.
- He acts like a total badass, but he's really just a marshmallow once you get to know him.