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TURBAN SQUASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom endplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("turban squash" is a kind of...):

winter squash (any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turban squash"):

buttercup squash (drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or grey)

Holonyms ("turban squash" is a part of...):

Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis; turban squash (squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis; turban squash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("turban squash" 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 "turban squash"):

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 "turban squash"):

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

Holonyms ("turban squash" is a member of...):

Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)

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