Cucumber
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The cucumber is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, used as culinary vegetables. Considered an annual plant, there are three
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Cucumber BNC
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A tendril facilitates climbing
Cucumis
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Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the family Cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber, true melons, the horned melon, and the West Indian gherkin.
Cucumber
…sativus was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in his Species Plantarum. As of October 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted 61 species in the genus Cucumis, also created by Linnaeus. C. sativus is the sole member of the genus to have 2N=14 chromosomes. In 2009, the cucumber genome was sequenced. A study…
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus
Horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus)