winter squash
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English
Etymology
So called because they are typically harvested in autumn/fall to be stored during winter.
Pronunciation
Noun
winter squash (plural winter squashes)
- Any of numerous cultivars of four species of summer-growing vegetable of the genus Cucurbita
Hyponyms
- (Cucurbita maxima): ambercup squash; arikara squash; Atlantic giant; banana squash, pink banana squash; buttercup squash; Georgia candy roaster; Hubbard squash; Jarrahdale pumpkin; kabocha, Japanese pumpkin, kabocha squash; Lakota squash; Mooregold squash; red kuri squash, Hokkaido squash, Japanese squash, uchiki kuri squash, orange Hokkaido squash, baby red Hubbard squash; turban squash
- (Cucurbita argyrosperma): cushaw squash, cushaw, winter crookneck squash
- (Cucurbita moschata): butternut squash; Long Island cheese squash; fairytale pumpkin squash; Kent pumpkin; Jap pumpkin
- (Cucurbita pepo): acorn squash; carnival squash; delicata squash, peanut squash; gem squash; heart of gold squash; spaghetti squash; sweet dumpling squash, dumpling squash; autumn cup squash; gold nugget squash, golden nugget squash; Queensland blue pumpkin; sugar loaf squash
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