קִישׁוּת I, (cmp. כָּשׁוּת) [tufted fruit,] cucumber (sing, a. pl.). Tosef. Dem. V, 10 ניטל מכל ק׳ וק׳ he takes tithe from each bunch of cucumbers. Ter. III, 1 התורם ק׳ ונמצאת וכ׳ if one separates a cucumber for T’rumah, and it is found to be bitter. Tosef. ib. IV, 5 אין לך מר בק׳ וכ׳ there is nothing bitter in the cucumber except the central part (the central cucumber in the bunch (?)); a. e.—Pl. (v. supra). Ib. V, 14. Sabb. 109ᵃ Ar. s. v. טרז; v. כָּשׁוּת.—V. קִשּׁוּאִים.