cymling

cymling
noun Etymology: probably alteration of simnel Date: 1779 pattypan

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Cymling — Cym ling, Cymbling Cymb ling (s?m l?ng), n. A scalloped or pattypan variety of summer squash. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cymling — /sim ling/, n. See pattypan squash. [1770 80, Amer.; also sim(b)lin, earlier symnel, from its resemblance to a SIMNEL CAKE] * * * …   Universalium

  • cymling — cym·ling …   English syllables

  • cymling — cym•ling [[t]ˈsɪm lɪŋ[/t]] n. pln pattypan squash • Etymology: 1770–80, amer.; also sim(b)lin, earlier symnel, from its resemblance to a simnel cake …   From formal English to slang

  • cymling — noun squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white • Syn: ↑pattypan squash • Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo • Part Meronyms: ↑p …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cymbling — Cymling Cym ling, Cymbling Cymb ling (s?m l?ng), n. A scalloped or pattypan variety of summer squash. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pattypan squash — noun 1. squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white • Syn: ↑cymling • Hypernyms: ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo 2. round greenish white squash having one face flattened… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cymbling — also cymblin variant of cymling * * * cymblin(g, cymling see simlin …   Useful english dictionary

  • cymblin — I. see cymbling II. noun see cymling * * * cymblin(g, cymling see simlin …   Useful english dictionary

  • pattypan — noun Etymology: pattypan pan for baking patties Date: 1900 a roundish summer squash having a scalloped edge called also cymling …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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