butternut squash

butternut squash

English

Noun

butternut squash (countable and uncountable, plural butternut squashes)

1. A vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

Synonyms

• butternut (South Africa or informal), butternut pumpkin

Translations

Cucurbita moschata cultivar

Afrikaans: botterskorsie (af) Czech: dýně máslová f French: doubeurre (fr)

Hebrew: דָּלוֹרִית‎ (he) f (dalorít) Italian: zucca torta f, zucca pepona f Spanish: calabaza de nuez f, calabaza butternut f

Further reading

• butternut squash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Curcurbita moschata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies