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PATTYPAN SQUASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pattypan squash mean?
• PATTYPAN SQUASH (noun)
The noun PATTYPAN SQUASH has 2 senses:
1. squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
2. round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge
Familiarity information: PATTYPAN SQUASH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cymling; pattypan squash
Hypernyms ("pattypan squash" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "pattypan squash"):
pattypan squash (round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pattypan squash" is a kind of...):
summer squash (any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden)
Holonyms ("pattypan squash" is a part of...):
cymling; pattypan squash (squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white)
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