buttercup squash

n. A variety of winter squash (Cucurbita maxima) having a round flattened shape, a dark green rind, and yellowish orange flesh.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	buttercup squash - plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markingsCucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the CucurbitaceaeCucurbita 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
	2.	buttercup squash - drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or greyturban squash - large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end

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