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SPAGHETTI SQUASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spaghetti squash mean? 

SPAGHETTI SQUASH (noun)
  The noun SPAGHETTI SQUASH has 2 senses:

1. squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghettiplay

2. medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghettiplay

  Familiarity information: SPAGHETTI SQUASH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPAGHETTI SQUASH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spaghetti 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 "spaghetti squash"):

spaghetti squash (medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("spaghetti 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 ("spaghetti squash" is a part of...):

spaghetti squash (squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti)


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