Hypernym

noun

any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall

Part_meronym

noun

buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh

butternut squash 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind

Synonyms

Cucurbita maxima 1
plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind

Part_holonym

noun

buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh