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Three kinds of cucumbers: Sikkim, Armenian, and lemon. This is a list of varieties or cultivars of cucumber, a widely cultivated vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. The cucumber vine bears edible fruit. A lemon cucumber
The fruit of typical cultivars of cucumber is roughly cylindrical, but elongated with tapered ends, and may be as large as 62 centimeters (24 in) long and 10 centimeters (4 in) in diameter. [8] Cucumber fruits consist of 95% water (see nutrition table).
Opening fruit (some 30cm in diameter) (lower left), flowers (lower right), winged seed (center), twining stem with foliage (top) - Not to same scale Meyers großes Konversationslexikon Alsomitra macrocarpa , commonly known as Javan cucumber , [ 1 ] is a species of gourd -bearing liana belonging to the pumpkin family Cucurbitaceae .
Cucumbers are also low in fiber: 100 grams of cucumber has only half a gram of fiber, while the same amount of broccoli has 2.6 grams and brussel sprouts has 3.8 grams.
The fruit then grows at a depth of between 30–90 cm (12–35 in). [5] Most cucurbits have a single tendril at each node, but C. humifructus has 2 to 8, [6] to give it the leverage needed to bury the young fruit. It develops a tough skin which is water-resistant, and can remain intact for months without decay. [3]
A pickled cucumber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr k ɪ n / GUR-kin) in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand – is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment.
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Articles relating to the cucumber (Cucumis sativus), a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. Subcategories