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| squash [ skwosh ] (plural squash or squash·es) |
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1. vegetable of gourd family: the fruit of any plant of the gourd family, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
See also summer squashwinter squash
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2. plant bearing gourd: a plant yielding or cultivated for its edible gourds. Genus Cucurbita.
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| [Mid-17th century. Shortening of Narraganset asquutasquash "green things that may be eaten raw"] |
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