Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)Walcott, Mary Vaux · 1930s
Cucumber
/KYOO-kum-ber/
Summary
A garden vegetable the Israelites remembered fondly from Egypt and longed for in the wilderness.
☩Biblical Reference
When Israel complained about the manna, they remembered the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic they ate freely in Egypt. Isaiah mentions a lodge in a garden of cucumbers as a symbol of desolation.
