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summer squash

DEFINITIONS OF: summer squash

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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:
Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash vine
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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

n any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden

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yellow squash
squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck
courgette, zucchini
small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
marrow, vegetable marrow
large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
cocozelle
squash resembling zucchini
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
crookneck, crookneck squash, summer crookneck
yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
Type of:
squash
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
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