noun
1. any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
• Syn: ↑winter squash plant
• Hypernyms: ↑squash, ↑squash vine
• Hyponyms:
↑acorn squash, ↑hubbard squash, ↑Cucurbita maxima, ↑turban squash, ↑Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis, ↑butternut squash, ↑winter crookneck, ↑winter crookneck squash, ↑Cucurbita moschata, ↑cushaw, ↑Cucurbita mixta, ↑Cucurbita argyrosperma
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbita, ↑genus Cucurbita
2. 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
• Hypernyms: ↑squash
• Hyponyms: ↑acorn squash, ↑butternut squash, ↑hubbard squash, ↑turban squash, ↑cushaw, ↑winter crookneck squash
• Part Holonyms: ↑winter squash plant
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noun, pl ⋯ squash or ⋯ squashes [count, noncount]
US : any one of several vegetables (such as acorn squashes and butternut squashes) that are grown until their shell and seeds are hard and that can be stored for several months — compare ↑summer squash
Useful english dictionary. 2012.