winter squash

winter squash

n. Any of several varieties of squash, such as the butternut squash, that have thick rinds and can be stored for long periods.

win′ter squash′

n. any of several squash varieties, esp. of Cucurbitamaxima or C.moschata, that mature in late autumn and can be kept for an extended time. [1740–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	winter squash - any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fallwinter squash plantwinter 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 monthsCucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceaesquash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruitsacorn squash - squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridgeshubbard squash, Cucurbita maxima - any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rindCucurbita 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 stembutternut squash, Cucurbita maxima - plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rindCucurbita moschata, winter crookneck, winter crookneck squash - any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necksCucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta, cushaw - plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds
	2.	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 monthssquash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetableacorn squash - small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange fleshbutternut squash - buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange fleshhubbard squash - large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rindturban squash - large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom endcushaw - globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rindwinter crookneck squash - a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neckwinter 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