noun
1. squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
• Syn: ↑cymling
• Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo
2. round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge
• Hypernyms: ↑summer squash
• Part Holonyms: ↑cymling
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nounsee pattypan 2
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/pat"i pan'/
a flat, whitish variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo melopepo, having a scalloped edge. Also called cymling, scallop squash.
[1905-10]
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pattˈypan squash noun (N American)
A round flattish variety of squash
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Main Entry: ↑patty
Useful english dictionary. 2012.