Phrase guide

Armenian cucumber

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, a long, slender variety of muskmelon which resembles a cucumber in taste and inner appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snake cucumber, snake melon, yard-long cucumber

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unknown. Although the snake melon has been cultivated since antiquity, the term mentioning Armenia originated in the US c. the 1950s.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَقُّوس (faqqūs) — fruit
  • Arabic: قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ) — fruit
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܪܥܘܼܙܵܐ (tarˁūzā) — fruit
  • Armenian: խթա (xtʻa) — fruit
  • Bulgarian: арме́нска кра́ставица (arménska krástavica) — fruit
  • Catalan: alficòs — fruit
  • Finnish: armeniankurkku — fruit
  • Finnish: kakri — fruit
  • French: concombre arménien — fruit
  • French: concombre serpent — fruit
  • German: Armenische Gurke — fruit
  • Greek: ξυλάγγουρο (xylángouro) — fruit
  • Hebrew: פקוס (fakús) — fruit
  • Hebrew: מלפפון הפקוס (melafefón hafakús) — fruit
  • Hebrew: מלפפון ארמני (melafefón arméni) — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: tilozî — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: tirozî — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: trozî — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: tirûzî — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: xiyar şûr — fruit
  • Persian: کمبیزه (kombize) — fruit
  • Persian: کمبزه (komboze) — fruit
  • Polish: ogórek ormiański — fruit
  • Punjabi: ਤਰ (tar) — fruit
  • Russian: армя́нский огуре́ц (armjánskij oguréc) — fruit
  • Russian: ды́ня серебри́стая (dýnja serebrístaja) — fruit
  • Russian: серебри́стая ды́ня (serebrístaja dýnja) — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀рме̄нскӣ кра̏ставац — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: сре̏брна ди̏ња — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: àrmēnskī krȁstavac — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: srȅbrna dȉnja — fruit
  • Spanish: alficoz — fruit
  • Spanish: alpicoz — fruit
  • Swedish: armenisk gurka — fruit
  • Turkish: acur — fruit
  • Zazaki: ecur (diq) — fruit
  • Arabic: فَقُّوس (faqqūs) — plant
  • Arabic: قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ) — plant
  • Armenian: խթա (xtʻa) — plant
  • Bulgarian: арме́нска кра́ставица (arménska krástavica) — plant
  • Catalan: alficossera — plant
  • Catalan: alficòs — plant
  • Finnish: armeniankurkku — plant
  • Finnish: kakri — plant
  • French: concombre arménien — plant
  • French: concombre serpent — plant
  • German: Armenische Gurke — plant
  • Greek: ξυλαγγουριά (xylangouriá) — plant
  • Hebrew: פקוס (fakús) — plant
  • Persian: کمبیزه (kombize) — plant
  • Persian: کمبزه (komboze) — plant
  • Polish: ogórek ormiański — plant
  • Russian: зме́евидная ды́ня (zméjevidnaja dýnja) — plant
  • Russian: армя́нский огуре́ц (armjánskij oguréc) — plant
  • Russian: ды́ня серебри́стая (dýnja serebrístaja) — plant
  • Russian: серебри́стая ды́ня (serebrístaja dýnja) — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀рме̄нскӣ кра̏ставац — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: сре̏брна ди̏ња — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: àrmēnskī krȁstavac — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: srȅbrna dȉnja — plant
  • Spanish: alficoz — plant
  • Swedish: armenisk gurka — plant
  • Zazaki: ecur (diq) — plant