Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pattypan_squash
2 senses of pattypan squash
Sense 1
cymling, pattypan squash -- (squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white)
=> summer squash, summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepo -- (any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden)
Sense 2
pattypan squash -- (round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge)
=> summer squash -- (any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden)