winter squash

1. Any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall (synset 112181007)
   is a type of: squash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • butternut squash, cucurbita maxima - 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
   belongs to: cucurbita, genus cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
   has: 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
   same as: winter squash plant
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 (synset 107732815)
   is a type of: squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
   subtypes:

   • 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
   is a part 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

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