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YELLOW SQUASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("yellow 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellow squash"):

crookneck; crookneck squash; summer crookneck (yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin)

Holonyms ("yellow squash" is a part of...):

yellow squash (any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("yellow 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 "yellow squash"):

yellow squash (squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck)

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