1, it is relatively simple to judge whether cucumber is mature or not. Generally speaking, when the skin color is green, it is mature. Cucumber is called "cucumber" because its skin color is yellow before it matures and begins to turn green. The explanation of Modern Chinese Dictionary also makes it clear that cucumbers are "yellow-green when ripe" and explains this reason.

2. The name cucumber came into being in agricultural society, because most people see immature yellow melons for a long time. However, in modern society, many city people have never seen immature yellow cucumbers, but only mature cucumbers, so many places in Guangdong call cucumbers "cucumbers".