Cucurbita maxima

Definitions of Cucurbita maxima

1. noun

   plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind
   synonyms: butternut squash

   type of:

   winter squash, winter squash plant

   any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
2. noun

   any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
   synonyms: hubbard squash

   type of:

   winter squash, winter squash plant

   any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall