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cool as a cucumber Definition


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cucumber
noun
    1. A creeping plant cultivated for its edible fruit.
    2. A long green fruit of this plant, containing juicy white flesh, which is often used raw in salads, etc.
Idiom: cool as a cucumber
    colloq
    Calm and composed; unflappable.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin cucumis.



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