黃瓜

The cucumber is a creeping vine that roots in the ground and grows up trellises or other supporting frames, wrapping around ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils.黃瓜是一種蔓生的藤蔓，植根於地面並長成格子或其他支撐框架，並用細細的螺旋狀卷鬚包裹在羅紋上。 The plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit.這種植物的葉子大，在果實上形成冠層。
The fruit is roughly cylindrical, elongated, with tapered ends, and may be as large as 60 cm long and 10 cm in diameter.果實大致呈圓柱形，細長，末端呈錐形，長可達XNUMX厘米，直徑可達XNUMX厘米。 Cucumbers grown to be eaten fresh (called slicers) and those intended for pickling (called picklers) are similar.生長為新鮮食用的黃瓜（稱為切片機）和用於醃製的黃瓜（稱為醃製機）相似。 Cucumbers are mainly eaten in the unripe green form.黃瓜主要以未成熟的綠色形式食用。 The ripe yellow form normally becomes too bitter and sour.成熟的黃色形式通常會變得太苦和變酸。
Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, cucumbers are scientifically classified as fruits.具有封閉的種子並從花中發育出來，黃瓜在科學上被歸類為水果。 Much like tomatoes and squash, however, their sour-bitter flavor contributes to cucumbers being perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables, which is the accepted culinary term然而，就像西紅柿和南瓜一樣，它們的酸苦味有助於使黃瓜作為蔬菜被感知，製備和食用，這是公認的烹飪術語。