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/sˈəmər skwɑʃ/ Listen

Summer squash

noun

Any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden. Synonyms: Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash vine.

Any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden.

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"Summer squash" Quotes from Famous Books

... up a strand of it and held it loosely in his hands, ready to pay it out. Under me I felt the basket heave gently. Looking up I saw that the balloon was no longer a crooked sausage. She had become a big, soft, yellow summer squash, with an attenuated neck. The flaccid abdomen flinched in and puffed out, and the snout wabbled to ...

— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb

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