/ Thesaurus / C Synonyms of cucurbita maxima Find synonyms for: Noun1. butternut squash, Cucurbita maxima, winter squash, winter squash plantusage: plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind2. hubbard squash, Cucurbita maxima, winter squash, winter squash plantusage: any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rindWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: devout Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language