squashlike
English
Etymology
squash + -like
Adjective
squashlike (comparative more squashlike, superlative most squashlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a squash (the vegetable).
- 1910, The Cosmopolitan (volume 50, page 501)
- ...his official mission concluded, he mopped his brow with a flaming yellow handkerchief which gave an extra jaundice to his already squashlike complexion...
- 1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: the domesticated Capsicums
- This sweet pepper with tomato- or squashlike fruits is one of the oldest forms of Capsicum still being cultivated today.
- 2006, Doris Friedensohn, Carol Kitman, Eating as I go: scenes from America and abroad
- 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.
- 1910, The Cosmopolitan (volume 50, page 501)