CUCURBITA MOSCHATA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cucurbita moschata; winter crookneck; winter crookneck squash

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cucurbita moschata" 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 moschata"):

winter crookneck squash (a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck)

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