| Noun | 1. | buttercup squash - plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae 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 |
| 2. | buttercup squash - drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or grey turban squash - large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end |