butternut squash

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Etymology

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Noun

butternut squash (countable and uncountable, plural butternut squashes)

A vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
Synonyms: (South Africa or informal) butternut, butternut pumpkin

Translations

Cucurbita moschata cultivar

Afrikaans: botterskorsie (af)
Czech: dýně máslová f
French: doubeurre (fr) m or f
German: Butternutkürbis m, Butternusskürbis m
Hebrew: דָּלוֹרִית (he) f (dalorít)
Irish: puimcín imchnó m
Italian: zucca torta f, zucca pepona f
Polish: dynia piżmowa m
Russian: тыква мускатная f (tykva muskatnaja)
Spanish: calabaza de nuez f, calabaza butternut f
Swedish: butternutpumpa (sv) c

Further reading

butternut squash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita moschata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cucurbita moschata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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