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Cucurbita pepo melopepo

DEFINITIONS OF: Cucurbita pepo melopepo

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n any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden

Synonyms:
summer squash, summer squash vine
Types:
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yellow squash
any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks
marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow
any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
cymling, pattypan squash
squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
spaghetti squash
squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti
courgette, zucchini
marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
Italian vegetable marrow, cocozelle
squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
Type of:
squash, squash vine
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
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