Useful english dictionary. 2012.
summer squash — noun 1. any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden • Syn: ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo • Hypernyms: ↑squash, ↑squash vine • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
squash vine — noun any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits • Syn: ↑squash • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑pumpkin, ↑pumpkin vine, ↑autumn pumpkin, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
squash — I. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English squachen to crush, annul, from Anglo French esquacher, from Old French es ex + quachier to hide from view, from Vulgar Latin *coacticare to press together more at cache Date: 1565 transitive verb 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
pattypan squash — noun 1. squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white • Syn: ↑cymling • Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo 2. round greenish white squash having one face flattened… … Useful english dictionary
yellow squash — noun 1. any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks • Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo 2. squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated… … Useful english dictionary
spaghetti squash — noun 1. squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti • Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo 2. medium sized oval squash with flesh in the form of… … Useful english dictionary
marrow squash — noun any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh • Syn: ↑marrow, ↑vegetable marrow • Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
Winter squash — (Australia: pumpkin) is a warm seasoned vegetable, representing several species within the genus Cucurbita . It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, when the seeds within have matured fully and… … Wikipedia
winter squash — noun 1. any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall • Syn: ↑winter squash plant • Hypernyms: ↑squash, ↑squash vine • Hyponyms: ↑acorn squash, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pumpkin vine — noun a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes • Syn: ↑pumpkin, ↑autumn pumpkin, ↑Cucurbita… … Useful english dictionary
