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squash vine

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Noun1.squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruitssquash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine - 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
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
winter squash, winter squash plant - any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface


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Although, I am glad to see the deer are enjoying my tomato plants and beetles have air-conditioned my squash vines.
And, the squash vines provide a living mulch for the plant neighborhood.
While local farmers complain of withering squash vines and homeowners watch their lawns dry out, rain is expected to arrive tonight and last through Monday.
 
 
 
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