Cucurbita pepo melopepo vs squash

squash vs Cucurbita pepo melopepo

Cucurbita pepo melopepo and squash both are nouns.

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

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

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

Cucurbita pepo melopepo: any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
squash: any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Other hypernyms of Cucurbita pepo melopepo include squash vine.

Cucurbita pepo melopepo (noun)	squash (noun)
any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden	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 melopepo (verb)	squash (verb)
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

Difference between Cucurbita pepo melopepo and squash

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