Since I ate a cucumber salad, you could say I bit a cucurbit.
Cucurbit: Your word of the day. (?)
I always enjoy a tasty cucurbit when paired properly with the other food served--e.g., a melon for breakfast, a squash for dinner, and pumpkin and its derivative dishes during the holidays.
I did not know that cucumbers are a cucurbit, like pumpkin, squash and melons.