summer squash

summer squash (plural summer squashes)

1. Any of various squashes, mostly varieties of Curcubita pepo, that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible.

• (squash with edible rinds): Cousa squash; pattypan squash, scallop squash; yellow crookneck squash, yellow summer squash; zucchini, courgette - Cucurbita pepo cultivars; tromboncino, zucchetta - Cucurbita moschata cultivars