cucumber tree
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noun
any of several American magnolias, especially 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.
Origin of cucumber tree
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; so called from the resemblance of its fruit to cucumbers
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To "sell one's lentils well" and to "climb the cucumber-tree" mean to get on in the world and make one's fortune quickly.
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cucumber tree
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