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
Related terms
* (l) (cucumber-shaped)
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)
Anagrams
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