summer squash

English

A yellow summer squash

Noun

summer squash (plural summer squashes)

1. Any of various squashes, mostly varieties of Curcubita pepo, that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible.

Hyponyms

• (squash with edible rinds): Cousa squash; pattypan squash, scallop squash; yellow crookneck squash, yellow summer squash; zucchini, courgette - Cucurbita pepo cultivars; tromboncino, zucchetta - Cucurbita moschata cultivars