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cymling

[ sim-ling ]

/ ˈsɪm lɪŋ /

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noun

pattypan squash.

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Origin of cymling

1770–80, Americanism; also sim(b)lin, earlier symnel, from its resemblance to a simnel cake

Words nearby cymling

cymbidium, cymbiform, cymbocephaly, cyme, cymene, cymling, cymo-, cymogene, cymograph, cymoid, cymophane

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How to use cymling in a sentence

I was in the Swamp during that year and saw the cymling vine above alluded to, and no one could tell how it came to grow there.
The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections|Robert Arnold