summer_squash (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *summer squash*:
NOUN	plant	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
NOUN	food	summer squash	any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer

English > *summer squash*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden.
Synonyms	summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepo
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

English > *summer squash*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	Any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden.
Part of	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
Narrower	cocozelle	squash resembling zucchini
	marrow, vegetable marrow	large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
	pattypan squash	round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge
	spaghetti squash	medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti
	yellow squash	squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck
	zucchini, courgette	small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow
Broader	squash	edible fruit of a squash plant

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