Cucumber is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. Considered an annual plant, there are three main varieties of cucumber—slicing, pickling, and seedless—within which several cultivars have been created. The cucumber originates from South Asia, but now grows on most continents, as many different types of cucumber are traded on the global market. In North America, the term wild cucumber refers to plants in the genera Echinocystis and Marah, though the two are not closely related.

Has language-specific term: Kyurijp-ro Oikr-ro
Also known as:
French: Concombre
Hindi: kakrikakdi
Tamil: Vellarikkai
Wikidata ID: Q23425
Wikipedia title: Cucumber
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