HyperDic: cucurbita_maxima

English > 2 senses of the expression Cucurbita maxima:
NOUNplantCucurbita maxima, butternut squashplant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind
plantCucurbita maxima, hubbard squashany of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
English > Cucurbita maxima: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind.
Synonymbutternut squash
Partsbutternut squashbuff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh
Broaderwinter squash, winter squash plantAny of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
English > Cucurbita maxima: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningAny of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind.
Synonymhubbard squash
Member ofCucurbita, genus Cucurbitatype genus of the Cucurbitaceae
Partshubbard squashlarge football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind
Broaderwinter squash, winter squash plantAny of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall

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