BUTTERCUP SQUASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buttercup squash mean? 

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

1. plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings

2. drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or grey

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERCUP SQUASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

Cucurbita 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)

Holonyms ("buttercup squash" is a member of...):

Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or grey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

turban squash (large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end)