Species of plant in the Cucurbitaceae gourd family.
A melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit.
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The cucumber plant thrives here in great quantities, and water is abundant.
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The new research, published in the journal Science, investigates in unprecedented detail the supporting tendrils of the cucumber plant.
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The cucumber plants had grown wonderfully, and had already formed fruit.
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Our living room table is covered with four large terra-cotta pots containing cucumber plants.
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The garden suffered terribly from these insects, which destroyed whole rows of cucumber plants.
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Here we report the draft genome sequence of Cucumis sativus var.
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In the present work, a chromosome painting method for single-copy gene pools in Cucumis sativus was successfully developed.
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I may add that in one variety of the cucumber ( Cucumis sativus) the fruit regularly contains five carpels instead of three.
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