2019年3月22日 · Cucumber is usually considered a vegetable because of how it’s used in the culinary world. However, as it grows from flowers and contains seeds, it’s botanically a fruit.

The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. …

2024年7月29日 · So while botanically, cucumbers are a fruit, culinarily, they can be classified as a vegetable. Here's the nutrition breakdown for a half-cup serving of sliced, raw cucumber, per …

2020年3月4日 · Botanical fruit that are culinary vegetables. Cucumbers are part of your 5-a-day. For the 5-a-day recommendations, cucumbers are classified as salad vegetable, which is the …

2024年2月9日 · By these culinary standards, cucumbers are vegetables, hence their location in the produce section. Regardless of their classification, cucumbers are incredibly healthy for …

2024年6月21日 · Is cucumber a fruit or a vegetable? Well, it depends. How you classify cucumbers really comes down to whether you’re coming at the question from a botanical or …

2018年12月10日 · While growers and chefs may still treat cucumbers as vegetables, they're a solid food choice however you slice it. "Cucumbers are an easy, nutritionally dense veggie …

Cucumbers, a member of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, are often debated as to whether they are a vegetable or a fruit. From a botanical perspective, cucumbers are classified as fruits due …

Despite their common culinary usage as a vegetable, cucumbers belong to the botanical family Cucurbitaceae, making them a fruit by definition. In botanical terms, fruits are the mature …

2023年6月29日 · Remember that although cucumbers are technically fruits, they are considered vegetables from both a culinary and a nutritional standpoint. Cucumbers are an easy, …