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Cucumber

The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 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 main types: slicing, pickling, and seedless.

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Cucumber

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Triples122
Avg. degree1.99
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Cucumber

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related to Early-modern era · 28
Cucumber → Abenaki, American Indian, Carrots, England, European, Europeans, Great Plains, Here, In, In New England Prospect, Isquoter-squashes, Mandan, Muskmillons, New-Englands Plantation, Onyons, Our, Parsnips, Pompions, Radishes, Reverend Francis Higginson
related to history · 17
Cucumber → Based, Cucumis, Cultivated, East Asian, England, Eurasian, Europe, France, Greeks, India, Indian, It, North America, Records, Romans, The, Xishuangbanna
related to Culinary uses · 13
Cucumber → Australasia, Cucumbers, Cucumis, Dutch, European, Gherkins, In, North American, Pickling, Slicers, The, This, West Indian
related to Roman Empire · 13
Cucumber → According, Cucumis, Ecballium, Elder, Emperor Tiberius, In, Indeed, Linnean, Pliny, Pliny's, Romans, Separately, They
related to Age of Enlightenment · 11
Cucumber → According, August, Batten, British, English, John Evelyn, Mr, Newburne, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Pepys, Sir
related to Middle Ages · 10
Cucumber → Charlemagne, England, French, Haiti, In, Italian Christopher Columbus, Jacques Cartier, Montreal, The Spaniards, They
related to Taxonomy and genetics · 10
Cucumber → As, Carl Linnaeus, Cucumis, DNA, In, Linnaeus, October, Plants, Species Plantarum, World Online
related to Cultivars and pollination · 6
Cucumber → Cucumbers, For, However, Lemon, Most, Some
related to Herbivore defense · 3
Cucumber → As, Phytochemicals, This
related to Nutrition · 3
Cucumber → Daily Value, In, Raw

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Cucumberis aplant in the genera Echinocystis and Marah0.90text
Cucumberis aannual creeping vine that roots in the ground and grows up trellises or other supporting frames0.90text
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentSamuel Pepys0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentAugust0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentSir0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentBatten0.60section
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Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentNewburne0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentJohn Evelyn0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentAccording0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentBritish0.60section
Cucumberrelated to Age of EnlightenmentSamuel Johnson0.60section

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