winter_squash (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *winter squash*:
NOUN	plant	winter squash, winter squash plant	any of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
food	winter squash	any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months

English > *winter squash*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall.
Synonym	winter squash plant
Member of	Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita	type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
Parts	winter squash	Any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
Narrower	acorn squash	squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges
	butternut squash, Cucurbita maxima	plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind
	cushaw, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita argyrosperma	plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds
	hubbard squash, Cucurbita maxima	Any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
	turban squash, Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis	squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem
	winter crookneck, winter crookneck squash, Cucurbita moschata	Any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks
Broader	squash, squash vine	Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
Spanish	calabaza de invierno

English > *winter squash*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	Any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months.
Part of	winter squash, winter squash plant	Any of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
Narrower	acorn squash	small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh
	butternut squash	buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh
	cushaw	globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind
	hubbard squash	large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind
	turban squash	large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end
	winter crookneck squash	A squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck
Broader	squash	edible fruit of a squash plant

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