Cucurbita pepo melopepo

Definitions of Cucurbita pepo melopepo

1. noun

   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:

   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