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Cucumber vs Waterleaf - What's the difference?

cucumber | waterleaf |

As nouns the difference between cucumber and waterleaf

is that cucumber is a vine in the gourd family, cucumis sativus while waterleaf is (botany) any plant of the genus.

cucumber

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
  • The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
  • Synonyms

    * cuke (informal)

    Derived terms

    * Armenian cucumber () * cool as a cucumber * exploding cucumber * squirting cucumber

    See also

    * courgette * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchini

    waterleaf

    Alternative forms

    *water-leaf

    Noun

    (Hydrophyllum) (Hydrophyllaceae) (Talinum fruticosum) (waterleaves)
  • (botany) Any plant of the genus .
  • (botany) Any plant of , the waterleaf family.
  • A tropical plant (), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
  • (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
  • (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.
  • Synonyms

    *(tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable ): (cariru), (Ceylon spinach), (Florida spinach), (Lagos bologi), (potherb fameflower), (Philippine spinach), (Surinam purslane), sweetheart

    Derived terms

    * (ballhead waterleaf), (ball-headed waterleaf) * (blunt-leaf waterleaf), (bluntleaf waterleaf) * (vern, Brown's waterleaf) * (dwarf waterleaf) * (vern, Fendler's waterleaf) * (great waterleaf) * (largeleaf waterleaf) * (Pacific waterleaf) * (Virginia waterleaf) * (waterleaf capital) * (western waterleaf)

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