summer squashn. Any of several varieties of squash, such as the crookneck or the cymling, that are eaten shortly after being picked rather than kept in storage. |
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| Noun | 1. | summer squash - any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds hardensummer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden squash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits yellow squash - any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks cymling, pattypan squash - squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white spaghetti squash - squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti |
| 2. | summer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind hardensquash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable yellow squash - squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck pattypan squash - round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge spaghetti squash - medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti |