NOUN | plant | Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine | any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden |
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Meaning | Any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden. | |
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Synonyms | summer squash, summer squash vine | |
Member of | Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita | type genus of the Cucurbitaceae |
Parts | summer squash | Any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer |
Narrower | cymling, pattypan squash | squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge |
marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow | Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | |
spaghetti squash | squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti | |
yellow squash | Any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks | |
Broader | squash, squash vine | Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits |
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