cucurbita moschata

1. 1.

   any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks

   Synonymswinter crookneckwinter crookneck squash

   Broaderwinter squash

   Partswinter crookneck squash

Questions about cucurbita moschata

What does cucurbita moschata mean?

cucurbita moschata means "any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks".

What is another word for cucurbita moschata?

Close synonyms include winter crookneck, winter crookneck squash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cucurbita moschata a common word?

cucurbita moschata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.