Meanings
plural turban squashes
- An heirloom squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita maxima, used as a vegetable and as an ornamental gourd.
Synonyms: French turban, Turk's turban
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn heirloom squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita maxima, used as a vegetable and as an ornamental gourd.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsquash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From its resemblance to the headgear.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
turban squash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turban%20squash
“turban squash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turban%20squash. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turban squash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turban%20squash.
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