CUCURBITA MAXIMA TURBANIFORMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis mean? 

• CUCURBITA MAXIMA TURBANIFORMIS (noun)
  The noun CUCURBITA MAXIMA TURBANIFORMIS has 1 sense:

1. squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem

  Familiarity information: CUCURBITA MAXIMA TURBANIFORMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUCURBITA MAXIMA TURBANIFORMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis; turban squash

Hypernyms ("Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis" is a kind of...):

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)

Meronyms (parts of "Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis"):

turban squash (large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis"):

buttercup squash (plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings)

Holonyms ("Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis" is a member of...):

Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)