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Cucumis sativus

species of plant in the Cucurbitaceae family
Class type of: food, useful plant Q23425
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Cucumis sativus is a taxon that has been recognized with the title Vegetable of the year [1].

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Cucumis[5]
  • Taxon name: Cucumis sativus[6]
  • Has use: fruit vegetable[7], medicinal plant[8], vegetable[9]
  • Said to be the same as: ཀ་ཀ་རང་[10]
  • Unicode character: 🥒[11]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22]
  • This taxon is source of: cucumber[23], smell of cucumber[24]
  • Short name: C. sativus[25]
  • Taxon common name: cucumer[26], garden cucumber[27], 胡瓜[28], 黃瓜[29], Komkommer[30], okurka setá[31], vihanneskurkku[32], Cogombre[33], キュウリ[34], 黄瓜[35], 黄瓜皮[36], 黄瓜藤[37], 黄瓜根[38], 黄瓜霜[39]

Related Entities

Beijing Myanmar People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. uses.plantnet-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . fruits.nutriarena.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. techno-science.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Web NDL Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  2. 8w ago · AdamSeattle · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → species of plant in the Cucurbitaceae family
    This taxon is source of → cucumber, smell of cucumber
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  3. 10w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open food facts food category id → cucumbers
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