squash-blossom

[ skwosh-blos-uhm, skwawsh- ]

/ ˈskwɒʃˌblɒs əm, ˈskwɔʃ- /

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adjective

indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.

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Origin of squash-blossom

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby squash-blossom

squarish, s quark, squarrose, squash, squashable, squash-blossom, squash bug, squash ladder, squash vine borer, squashy, squassation

How to use squash-blossom in a sentence

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When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.
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Her head, set off by her dainty white gown, suggested a rich, rare blossom.
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It will not long pause anywhere, and it easily leaves each blossom for a better.
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He had lost the dream that Tony but tended a blossom, the fruit of which would come sweetly to his plucking afterwards.
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The leaf is small and light green, and it is quite (p. 384) a showy plant when in blossom.
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