PATTYPAN SQUASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pattypan squash mean? 

• PATTYPAN SQUASH (noun)
  The noun PATTYPAN SQUASH has 2 senses:

1. squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white

2. round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge

  Familiarity information: PATTYPAN SQUASH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATTYPAN SQUASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cymling; pattypan squash

Hypernyms ("pattypan 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 "pattypan squash"):

pattypan squash (round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pattypan 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)

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

cymling; pattypan squash (squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white)