spaghetti squash

A variety of winter squash (Cucurbita pepo) having a pale yellow rind and stringy flesh that when cooked forms strands resembling spaghetti.

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spaghet′ti squash`

a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, whose flesh forms spaghettilike strands when cooked.

[1965–70]

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Noun	1.	spaghetti squash - squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti spaghetti squash - medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine - any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
	2.	spaghetti squash - medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti summer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden spaghetti squash - squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti

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