Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun summer_squash
2 senses of summer squash
Sense 1
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)
=> squash, squash vine -- (any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits)
Sense 2
summer squash -- (any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden)
=> squash -- (edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable)