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yellow squash

Other forms: yellow squashes

Definitions of yellow squash
  1. noun
    any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks
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    type 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
  2. noun
    squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck
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    types:
    crookneck, crookneck squash, summer crookneck
    yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
    type 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
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