winter squash

noun

Cucurbita maxima

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winter squash plant
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Meanings

nounwinter squash (plural winter squashes)

plural winter squashes

  1. Any of numerous cultivars of four species of summer-growing vegetable of the genus Cucurbita, harvested when mature, once the rind has thickened and hardened.
    1. Cucurbita maxima
    2. Cucurbita argyrosperma
    3. Cucurbita moschata
    4. Cucurbita pepo

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall

Similar
winter squash plant
Broader
squashsquash vine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

So called because they are typically harvested in autumn/fall to be stored during winter.

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Translations

German Winterkürbis
  • Winterkürbissquash harvested when mature
Polish dynia zimowa
  • dynia zimowasquash harvested when mature
Spanish calabaza de invierno, calabacín de invierno
  • calabaza de inviernosquash harvested when mature
  • calabacín de inviernosquash harvested when mature
Turkish helvacı kabağı
  • helvacı kabağısquash harvested when mature
Cite this entry
APA

winter squash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winter%20squash

MLA

“winter squash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winter%20squash. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winter squash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winter%20squash.

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