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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
green, immature, applied to fruit and vegetables which were
used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine
apple.] (Bot.)
A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd
kind.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China
squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C.
maxima, but the distinctions are not clear.
[1913 Webster]
Squash beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small American beetle
({Diabrotica vittata, syn. Galeruca vittata) which is
often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash,
cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The
name is applied also to other allied species.
Squash bug (Zo["o]l.), a large black American hemipterous
insect ({Coreus tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious
to squash vines.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were
used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine
apple.] (Bot.)
A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd
kind.
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China
squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C.
maxima, but the distinctions are not clear.
Squash beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small American beetle
({Diabrotica, or Galeruca vittata) which is often
abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash,
cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The
name is applied also to other allied species.
Squash bug (Zo["o]l.), a large black American hemipterous
insect ({Coreus, or Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash
vines.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
squash bug
n : large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the
gourd family [syn: Anasa tristis]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
squash bug
n.
1 An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family
Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae
2 # (lb en US) (taxlink Anasa tristis species noshow=1)
3 Any insect in the family Coreidae, whether they feed on plants in
the family Cucurbitaceae or not.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
squash bug
n.
1 An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family
Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae
2 # (lb en US) (taxlink Anasa tristis species noshow=1)
3 Any insect in the family Coreidae, whether they feed on plants in
the family Cucurbitaceae or not.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
squash bug
n.
1 An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family
Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae
2 # (lb en US) (taxlink Anasa tristis species noshow=1)
3 Any insect in the family Coreidae, whether they feed on plants in
the family Cucurbitaceae or not.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
squash bug
n.
1 An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family
Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae
2 # (lb en US) (taxlink Anasa tristis species noshow=1)
3 Any insect in the family Coreidae, whether they feed on plants in
the family Cucurbitaceae or not.
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