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  2. Squash blossom - Wikipedia

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    Squash blossoms are highly perishable, and as such are rarely stocked in supermarkets. [2] Male and female squash blossoms can be used interchangeably, but picking only male flowers (leaving some for pollination ) [ 3 ] allows the plant to also produce some fruit (squash).

  3. Ovary (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Longitudinal section of female flower of a squash showing pistil (=ovary+style+stigma), ovules, and petals. The petals and sepals are above the ovary; such a flower is said to have an inferior ovary, or the flower is said to be epigynous. Cross section of a tulip ovary

  4. Spaghetti squash - Wikipedia

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    The plants are monoecious, with male and female flowers on the same plant. [citation needed] Male flowers have long, thin stems that extend upwards from the vine. Female flowers are shorter, with a small round growth underneath the petals. This round growth turns into the squash if the flower is successfully pollinated. [citation needed]

  5. Zucchini - Wikipedia

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    The female flower is a golden blossom on the end of each emergent zucchini. The male flower grows directly on the stem of the zucchini plant in the leaf axils (where leaf petiole meets stem), on a long stalk, and is slightly smaller than the female. Both flowers are edible and are often used to dress a meal or to garnish the cooked fruit ...

  6. Cucurbita - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] Female flowers have thick pedicels, and an inferior ovary with 3–5 stigmas that each have two lobes. [8] [11] The female flowers of C. argyrosperma and C. ficifolia have larger corollas than the male flowers. [8] Female flowers of C. pepo have a small calyx, but the calyx of C. moschata male flowers is comparatively short. [8]

  7. Peponapis pruinosa - Wikipedia

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    The squash flower opens early in the morning and closes before noon, and the bee's activity pattern is tied to the flower's cycle. [6] The male bee spends most all of his time in and around flowers, foraging and mating in the open flowers and sleeping inside the closed flowers after noon. [2] [8] The females live in and around the flowers until ...

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  9. Pumpkin - Wikipedia

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    Pumpkins produce both a male and female flower, with fertilization usually performed by bees. [22] In America, pumpkins have historically been pollinated by the native squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, but that bee has declined, probably partly due to pesticide (imidacloprid) sensitivity. [23]