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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cu′cumber tree′, - any of several American magnolias, esp. Magnolia acuminata, having ovate leaves, yellowish-green bell-shaped flowers, and dark red, conelike fruit.
- any of certain other trees, as an East Indian tree of the genus Averrhoa.
- so called from the resemblance of its fruit to cucumbers 1775–85, American.
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