Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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[1772]
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16729i
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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cucumber fruits are eaten both raw and pickled, and an oil from the seeds is used in cooking. Young fruits of Cucumis sativus and its cultivars are known as gherkins.

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.5 x 22.7 cm

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Cucumis satius, vulgaris, maturo fructu subluteo. C.B.Pin.310. Ital. Cetriuolo. - Gall. Concombre ordinaire

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Wellcome Collection 16729i

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