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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Armenian cucumber
| image =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cucumis]]''
| species = ''[[Cucumis melo|C. melo]]''
| subspecies = '''''C. m. flexuosus'''''
| trinomial = ''Cucumis melo flexuosus''
| trinomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) Naudin.
}}
The '''Armenian cucumber''', ''Cucumis melo'' var. ''flexuosus'', is a type of long, slender fruit which tastes like a cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside. It is actually a variety of [[melon]] (''C. melo'') closest relative to the cucumber (''C. sativus''). It is also known as the '''yard-long cucumber''', '''snake cucumber''', '''snake melon''', and '''uri'''. It should not be confused with the [[snake gourd]]s (''Trichosanthes'' spp.). The skin is very thin, light green, and bumpless. It has no bitterness and the fruit is almost always used without peeling.
==External links==
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Cucumis+melo Cucumbers, Armenian]: Plants for a Future database
{{unimelb|Cucumis.html#melo-flexuosus}}
* [http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV056 Fact sheet from the University of Florida (with photo)]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
[[Category:vegetable-like fruits]]
[[Category:Flora of Armenia]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Armenian cucumber
| image =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cucumis]]''
| species = ''[[Cucumis melo|C. melo]]''
| subspecies = '''''C. m. flexuosus'''''
| trinomial = ''Cucumis melo flexuosus''
| trinomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) Naudin.
}}
The '''Armenian cucumber''', ''Cucumis melo'' var. ''flexuosus'', is a type of long, slender fruit which tastes like a cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside. It is actually a variety of [[melon]] (''C. melo'') closest relative to the cucumber (''C. sativus''). It is also known as the '''yard-long cucumber''', '''snake cucumber''', '''snake melon''', and '''uri'''. It should not be confused with the [[snake gourd]]s (''Trichosanthes'' spp.). The skin is very thin, light green, and bumpless. It has no bitterness and the fruit is almost always used without peeling.
==External links==
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Cucumis+melo Cucumbers, Armenian]: Plants for a Future database
{{unimelb|Cucumis.html#melo-flexuosus}}
* [http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV056 Fact sheet from the University of Florida (with photo)]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
[[Category:vegetable-like fruits]]
[[Category:Flora of Armenia]]
{{vegetable-stub}}