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  2. Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia

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    Numerous legends from indigenous cultures surround the existence and production of the Three Sister crops. One legend personifies the crops as three human sisters. The first sister, who represents beans, is described as a toddler dressed in green. The second sister, who represents squash, is a slightly older child dressed in a yellow Frock, or ...

  3. 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).

  4. Pumpkin - Wikipedia

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    A pumpkin flower, one of the edible parts of the plant In the southwestern United States and Mexico, pumpkin and squash flowers are a popular and widely available food item. They may be used to garnish dishes, or dredged in a batter then fried in oil.

  5. Cucurbita - Wikipedia

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    Cucurbita female flower with pollinating squash bees. All species of Cucurbita have 20 pairs of chromosomes. [15] Many North and Central American species are visited by specialist pollinators in the apid tribe Eucerini, especially the genera Peponapis and Xenoglossa, and these squash bees can be crucial to the flowers producing fruit after ...

  6. Cucurbita palmata - Wikipedia

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    Cucurbita palmata is a species of flowering plant in the squash family known by the common names coyote melon and coyote gourd. [1] [2] It is similar to Cucurbita californica, Cucurbita cordata, Cucurbita cylindrata, and Cucurbita digitata and all these species hybridize readily. [3] It was first identified by Sereno Watson in 1876. [1]

  7. Cucurbitaceae - Wikipedia

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    The plants in this family are grown around the tropics and in temperate areas of the world, where those with edible fruits were among the earliest cultivated plants in both the Old and New Worlds. The family Cucurbitaceae ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food. [5]

  8. Cucurbita moschata - Wikipedia

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    Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. [2] It includes cultivars known as squash or pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo.

  9. Cucurbita pepo - Wikipedia

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    Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash. [3] It has been domesticated in the Americas for thousands of years. [4]

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