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A cucumber is a fruit, but for culinary purposes it is a vegetable
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What part of the plant does cucumbers come from?
The cucumber is the fruit of the cucumber vine plant.
What vegetable has a creeping vine with large yellow flowers?
This would be a cucumber vine. It will also have leaves that look similar to a spade from a deck of cards
If you where a cucumber what will you do?
You would hang on a vine and grow until you are ready to to picked. Then you would eaten but many people!!1
How do you spell cumber?
The word "cumber" means to burden, usually seen as encumber or cumbersome.The vine vegetable is a cucumber.
Is cucumber a runner?
No, cucumbers are not referred to as runners, although they do grow on a spreading vine. Green beans are considered runners.
What vitamins do pieapples carry?
It has the same nutrients that a cucumber has . It is a gourd type fruit that grows on a vine similar toa cucumber , but is sweet and tastes like a cross between an apple, pear and pineapple.
Will a cucumber become a pickle if left on the vine?
Yes, but the seeds found in supermarket cucumbers are immature (otherwise cucumbers would be full of chewy seeds). Immature seeds will not grow, but cucumber seeds are sold (fully mature) in many garden centers and home improvement stores.
What is a lufa made of?
The loofah or luffa is actually the fibrous skeleton of a cucumber. If the loofah is allowed to fully ripen and then dry out on the vine, the flesh disappears leaving only the fibrous skeleton and seeds
Which one does not come from the root of the plant cucumbers beets carrots or sweet potatoes?
Cucumbers do not come from the root of the plant. They grow on the vine. Beets, carrots, and sweet potatoes are all roots.
How do you use a cucumber?
Best Pairings for Cucumber Recipes- Cucumber + tomato- Cucumber + feta cheese- Cucumber + red onion- Cucumber + vinegar- Cucumber + herbs (esp. mint, dill, basil, chervil, chives, cilantro)- Cucumber + garlic- Cucumber + sesame- Cucumber + seaweed- Cucumber + yogurt or cream- Cucumber + avocado- Cucumber + fish and shellfish (esp. crab, tuna, and anchovies)
What is the normal size of a cucumber?
A cucumber can grow anywhere from a couple inches, to several feet. It really depends on the climate, dirt, gardener, etc. All sorts of environmental factors go into determining how tall (or long, as the case may be) of a cucumber. Or, if you have it on it's side, then the height is probably a few inches. It all depends on how you look at it. My advice would be to purchase, or grow a cucumber, and measure it yourself.
Where does cucumbers come from?
The cucumber has been cultivated for about 3000 years and has its origins in Nepal. Thought to have come to Europe with the Greeks and Romans, although it is not recorded in France until the 9th Century and in England in the 14th Century and arrived in America in the late 16th Century. China now produces the largest crop in the world with over 40 million tonnes
