Are cucumbers mellons or squash?

Question

They're watery like watermelon and honeydews, so what are they?

Answer 1

Here's what wikipedia says:

The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. The plant is widely cultivated today.

so I guess both squash and melons are related to cucumbers.

Answer 2

cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash

. The cucumber plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit. The vine is grown on the ground or on trellises, often in greenhouses.

The fruit is commonly harvested while still green, though generally after the fruits outgrow their spines. They are eaten as a vegetable, either raw, cooked, or made into pickled cucumbers. Although less nutritious than most fruit, the fresh cucumber is still a very good source of vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium, and also provides some dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B6, thiamin, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and manganese

so u can say that they r of same family as meons n squashes.

Answer 3

Cucumbers, squash, melons, gourds and pumpkins are all members of the squash family, and although they are very different vegetables their culture is very similar. The plants are generally grown in mounds and send out vines that run over the ground. Some varieties come in bush or compact strains that don't require much space. If you are very short on space, you can grow vine crops on trellises. Heavy vine crops like pumpkins and melons can be grown on a sturdy trellis, although you may will need to support the heavy fruit with slings fastened to the trellis.

Answer 4

im a chef and a cucumber is not a melon or anything like them sorry.... they are more like a squash but a cucumber has a differant acidity content to both of those things, but mostly more like a squash

Answer 5

Cucumbers are in the squash family. =) It doesn't make sense to me either but my grandmother swears it to be true and she's been farming for 80 years. Who am I to argue?

Answer 6

Cucumbers are cucumbers. nothing else. If you mean to ask if they are friuts or vegetables, I vote for fruits because they are taken mostly raw in salads as fruits are meant to be taken.

Answer 7

melon family

Answer 8

all the same family