butternut squash

Noun

Meaning

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

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Cucurbita maxima calabash squash marrow pumpkin spaghetti squash acorn squash bottle gourd gourdy hubbard squash autumn fruit zucchini bitter melon crookneck squash calabaza

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Hypernyms

winter squash plant winter squash

Examples

For the butternut squash puree, place the butternut squash, stock cube and water in a pan and bring to the boil. Source: Internet

According to Kang, Soresina butter, sourced from Italy, is added to the pasta and to the butternut squash puree. Source: Internet

Carefully halve the butternut squash, then scoop out the seeds with a spoon and discard. Source: Internet

Blades that were at least 3 inches tall helped guide the knife straight down through bigger items such as the butternut squash and duck and provided larger surface areas for scooping up chopped food. Source: Internet

And so this is where I ran into trouble, finding a soup recipe that really tasted like butternut squash. Source: Internet

But instructions to bake chunks of butternut squash in a 200-degree oven will not do. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Buttermore butternut butternut pumpkin butternut squash soup butternut tree butteroil