Squash Vine (Noun)
Meaning
Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer carefully trained the squash vine to spread out across the ground, maximizing space and promoting fruit production.
- After a few weeks, the bright green squash vine had spread several feet in all directions, cluttering the garden bed.
- To keep pests away, she sprinkled a layer of diatomaceous earth along the entire length of the squash vine.
- The garden's top prize winner was a vibrant orange squash, its majestic vine sprawling across a wooden trellis.
- Judges praised the innovative technique of allowing the squash vine to grow up the sides of old wooden planters.