Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butternut_squash

2 senses of butternut squash

Sense 1
butternut squash, Cucurbita maxima -- (plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind)
       => 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)

Sense 2
butternut squash -- (buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh)
       => 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)