Cucurbita pepo vs squash

squash vs Cucurbita pepo

Cucurbita pepo and squash both are nouns.

Cucurbita pepo is not a verb while squash is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Cucurbita pepo	Yes	No	No	No
squash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, squash is a hypernym of Cucurbita pepo; that is, squash is a word with a broader meaning than Cucurbita pepo:

Cucurbita pepo: a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
squash: any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Other hypernyms of Cucurbita pepo include squash vine.

Cucurbita pepo (noun)	squash (noun)
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes	a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
	edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
	any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Cucurbita pepo (verb)	squash (verb)
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

Difference between Cucurbita pepo and squash

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