CUCURBITA MAXIMA Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase cucurbita maxima. (close relations)
Definition of CUCURBITA MAXIMA
cucurbita
Best Alternative Words for CUCURBITA MAXIMA
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pumpkin | nounn | |||||||
noun • a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes • usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn | ||||||||
squash | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits • edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable • a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets verb • to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | ||||||||
butternut squash | nounn | |||||||
noun • plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind • buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh | ||||||||
hubbard squash | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind • large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind |