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cymling

cymling

9.9
A flat, round squash with a wavy edge and pale green or white skin
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : calabacín
  • She harvested several ripe cymlings from her garden in late summer.

Examples

  • Many gardeners enjoy growing cymlings for their unique shape and delicate flavor.

  • The chef roasted the cymling and served it as a side dish.

  • I grew a cymling in my garden this year.

  • The cymling is my favorite vegetable.

  • Many gardeners enjoy growing cymlings for their unique shape and delicate flavor.

  • The chef roasted the cymling and served it as a side dish.

  • She harvested several ripe cymlings from her garden in late summer.

Synonyms

pattypan squash
vscymling
7.7

A small round summer vegetable with a flat shape and wavy edges often pale green, white, or yellow

is the plant type that produces such flattened scalloped fruit not only summer ones

Surface Forms

cymling singular
cymlings plural

Etymology

Cymling is easy to remember if you imagine a 'small bowl': the start cym- sounds like 'cymbal' or 'cup' and the ending -ling means 'small', so the name suggests a little, bowl-shaped thing. That's why a cymling is a flattened, round squash with a scalloped edge.