Definitions of summer squash
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any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
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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
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marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow
any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
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cymling, pattypan squash
squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
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spaghetti squash
squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti
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courgette, zucchini
marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
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Italian vegetable marrow, cocozelle
squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
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type of:
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squash, squash vine
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
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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
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courgette, zucchini
small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
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marrow, vegetable marrow
large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
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cocozelle
squash resembling zucchini
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pattypan squash
round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge
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spaghetti squash
medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti
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crookneck, crookneck squash, summer crookneck
yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
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type of:
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squash
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
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