cucurbita maxima

Noun cucurbita maxima has 2 senses

• cucurbita maxima(n = noun.plant) butternut squash - plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind;
has parts: butternut squash
is a kind of winter squash, winter squash plant

• cucurbita maxima(n = noun.plant) hubbard squash - any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind;
has parts: hubbard squash
is a member of cucurbita, genus cucurbita
is a kind of winter squash, winter squash plant