Wiktionary
n. Any of various squashes, mostly varieties of (taxlink Curcubita pepo species noshow=1), that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible.
WordNet
n. any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden [syn: summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepo]
any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
Wikipedia
Summer squash are squashes that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible. Nearly all summer squashes are varieties of Cucurbita pepo, though not all Cucurbita pepo are considered summer squashes. Most summer squash have a bushy growth habit, unlike the rambling vines of many winter squashes. The name "summer squash" refers to the short storage life of these squashes, unlike that of winter squashes.
Summer squashes include:
- Cousa squash, pale-colored zucchini varieties purportedly of Middle Eastern or West Asian descent. Not to be confused with cushaw, a type of winter squash.
- Pattypan squash (scallop squash)
- Tromboncino or zucchetta, unusual among summer squash as being a vining plant and a Cucurbita moschata variety.
- Crookneck squash
- Straightneck squash
- Zucchini (courgette)
- Immature ridge gourd luffa is used as a summer squash in India, where it is known as turai or dodka.
In the journals of Lewis and Clark, on October 12, 1804, Clark recorded that the Arikara tribe raised "great quantities of Corn Beens Simmins, &c." Clark also used the spelling simlin in his journal entries. Simlin, variously spelled simblin, symnel, cymling, cimnel (Thomas Jefferson's spelling) and simnel were words for summer squash, particularly Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo, common name pattypan squash. The word simnel was used because of the visual similarity between the squash and the simnel cake.
Usage examples of "summer squash".
The soup was flavored with fatback, diced carrots, onions, barley, summer squash, beef stock, garlic, peppercorns, and just the right amount of salt.
He picked out potatoes, onions, celery, carrots, summer squash, and two pounds of chuck steak.
The chef had prepared a fine meal: potato galettes, roasted squab, a medley of summer squash.
She put a thick slice of lamb, some asparagus and summer squash on each plate, and passed the plates to Meadows, who sent them down and around the table.
Their men tall and proportioned, women small and industrious, raise great quantities of corn, beans, simlins,[summer squash] etc.
Fried okra, Crowder peas with boiled okra, rutabaga, fried eggplant, and fried summer squash—.
Fried okra, Crowder peas with boiled okra, rutabaga, fried eggplant, and fried summer squash&mdash.
When he reached home at last, he was pleased to see that they had: two large golden lanterns in the shape of summer squash hung outside their door, glowing a deep rich gold.
He was somehow like a summer squash on the vine - featureless and watery, and merely growing larger all the time.
Max talked Mom Lara through grilling summer squash instead of her normal pan-fry.
But for him to cooperate in the escape, he'd have to be significantly better put together than a summer squash.