ACORN SQUASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acorn squash mean? 

• ACORN SQUASH (noun)
  The noun ACORN SQUASH has 2 senses:

1. squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges

2. small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh

  Familiarity information: ACORN SQUASH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACORN SQUASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("acorn squash" is a kind 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)

Meronyms (parts of "acorn squash"):

acorn squash (small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("acorn squash" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("acorn squash" is a part of...):

acorn squash (squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges)