delicata
English
Noun
delicata (plural delicatas)
- (Canada, US) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes
- 1992, October, “Nanette Blanchard”, in Autumn's Glory, page 67:
- But once you've tasted the sweet flesh of a delicata or slipped the strands of a spaghetti squash out of its shell, you'll never again regard winter squash as merely an agricultural art piece.
- 2004, Jack Bishop & Richard G. Jung, “Winter Squash Risotto with Sage and Parmesan”, in A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen, →ISBN, page 354:
- You will need one medium butternut or two or three delicatas.
- 2009, January 17, “Mark Bittman”, in Stale spices, canned beans are no-nos for new year:
- The best winter squashes (delicata, for example) have edible skins and are amazing just chunked and roasted with a little oil […] .
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Anagrams
- diacetal
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.liˈka.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: de‧li‧cà‧ta
Adjective
delicata f sg
- feminine singular of delicato
Anagrams
- calatide
Latin
Adjective
dēlicāta
- inflection of dēlicātus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
dēlicātā
- ablative feminine singular of dēlicātus