squashlike

adj

squashlike

adj

Etymology From squash + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a squash (the vegetable).

...his official mission concluded, he mopped his brow with a flaming yellow handkerchief which gave an extra jaundice to his already squashlike complexion...1910, The Cosmopolitan, volume 50, page 501:
This sweet pepper with tomato- or squashlike fruits is one of the oldest forms of Capsicum still being cultivated today.1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: the domesticated Capsicums:

1 more example

Another son delivers small bowls of soupy brown lentils, which are to be poured over the rice. He returns with a green, squashlike vegetable and chutney.2006, Doris Friedensohn, Carol Kitman, Eating as I go: scenes from America and abroad:

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