HyperDic: squash_vine

English > 1 sense of the expression squash vine:
NOUNplantsquash vine, squashany of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
English > squash vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
Synonymsquash
Member ofCucurbita, genus Cucurbitatype genus of the Cucurbitaceae
Partssquashedible fruit of a squash plant
Narrowerpumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepoA coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds
summer squash, summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepoAny of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
winter squash, winter squash plantAny of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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