Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
   green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were
   used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine
   apple.] (Bot.)
   A plant and its fruit of the genus {Cucurbita}, or gourd
   kind.

   Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
         called {Cucurbita verrucosa}, the Barbary or China
         squash, {C. moschata}, and the great winter squash, {C.
         maxima}, but the distinctions are not clear.

   {Squash beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a small American beetle
      ({Diabrotica, or Galeruca vittata}) which is often
      abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash,
      cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The
      name is applied also to other allied species.

   {Squash bug} (Zo["o]l.), a large black American hemipterous
      insect ({Coreus, or Anasa, tristis}) injurious to squash
      vines.