squash_vine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *squash vine*:
NOUN	plant	squash vine, squash	any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

English > *squash vine*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
Synonym	squash
Member of	Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita	type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
Parts	squash	edible fruit of a squash plant
Narrower	pumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo	A 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 melopepo	Any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
	winter squash, winter squash plant	Any of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
Broader	vine	A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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