squash vine

squash vine
noun
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
Syn: ↑squash
Hypernyms: ↑vine
Hyponyms:
Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbita, ↑genus Cucurbita
Part Meronyms: ↑squash

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noun
see squash IV, 2

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