Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CU'CUMBER. Num 11:5. A garden-vegetable well known in this counrty. Squirting Cucumber. ) c. Section of the Fruit. a. Plant. b. Fruit. Cucumbers, melons, and onions are now among the leading productions of Egypt, and are also commonly cultivated in Palestine. Besides our own kind, another (Cucumis chafe) is cultivated, having a fruit with less flavor, but larger. "Cucumbers form an important item in the summer food of the poor, and are eaten with the rind on, without any condiment. In the oppressive heat of summer they form a most grateful vegetable. "-Tristram.
The "lodge in the garden of cucumbers," Isa 1:8, rudely constructed of poles and boughs, may still be seen in many fields. It is intended to shelter a watchman set to protect the fruit from jackals and other animals, as well as from thievish men. "-Thoinson. Job seems to have had such ruins in mind. Job 27:18.