winter squash

Questions about winter squash

What does winter squash mean?

winter squash means "any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for winter squash?

Close synonyms include winter squash plant. 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 winter squash a common word?

winter squash is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.