dictionary entry:
a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.
2007-04-13 14:47:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
At one time anything that grew on a vine or a tree, was considered a fruit. Like tomatoes, melons, etc.
2007-04-14 03:21:16 · answer #1 · answered by Kandice F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cucumber is technically a fruit because it is made of the thickened ovary of a flower. Fruits have the seeds inside.
In cooking/nutrition, cucumbers are vegetables, but not in botany.
2007-04-13 14:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And a watermelon is a berry, and it is "I" before "e"... except after "c"....but even that has exceptions.
It is always the exceptions that get the good press.
A cucumber, whatever it is classified as, is still just a cucumber.
In my book, that is not a very good thing.
2007-04-13 14:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by damndirtyape212 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did. I made Cucumber Ice cream once. No one has asked me to cook again.
2007-04-13 14:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It derives from the plant ovary and is fleshy and seed bearing.
2007-04-13 14:52:25 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. I always thought they tasted like some kind of melon.
2007-04-13 14:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by charliecizarny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup; very closely related to canteloupe and other melons :-)
2007-04-13 19:03:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So is a tomato.
Wow, huh?
2007-04-13 14:50:02 · answer #8 · answered by Stuart 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As are tomatos
2007-04-13 14:49:48 · answer #9 · answered by UNITool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they have seeds in them
2007-04-13 14:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by pigley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋