winter squash

Other forms: winter squashes

Definitions of winter squash

1. noun

   any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
   synonyms: winter squash plant

   types:

   acorn squash

   squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges

   Cucurbita maxima, hubbard squash

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

   Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis, turban squash

   squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem

   Cucurbita maxima, butternut squash

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

   Cucurbita moschata, winter crookneck, winter crookneck squash

   any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks

   Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta, cushaw

   plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds

   buttercup squash

   plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings

   type of:

   squash, squash vine

   any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
2. noun

   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
   types:

   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

   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

   cushaw

   globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind

   winter crookneck squash

   a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck

   buttercup squash

   drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or grey

   type of:

   squash

   edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable