butternut squash

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Noun

butternut squash (countable and uncountable, plural butternut squashes)

1. 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 (pl) 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