Definition of Butternut squash

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

Exact synonyms: Cucurbita Maxima
Generic synonyms: Winter Squash, Winter Squash Plant

2. Noun. Buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh.
Generic synonyms: Winter Squash
Group relationships: Cucurbita Maxima

Definition of Butternut squash

1. Noun. ''Curcurbita moschata'': a vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Literary usage of Butternut squash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Home Plate: The Traveler's Food Guide to Cooperstown and Otsego County, NY by Brenda Berstler (2006)
"It's a marvelous use of New York State's bumper crop of butternut squash. Fresh pasta sheets for making ravioli (homemade, or purchased in larger markets) 1 ..."

2. The Bahamas: A Taste of the Islands by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"... substitute acorn, Hubbard, or butternut squash. Callaloo. This leafy vegetable resembles spinach and is used similarly. Don't miss the callaloo soup, ..."

3. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"butternut squash is more resistant to the squash vine borer than are either acorn squash or Blue Hubbard squash. And among summer squash, zucchini is the ..."

4. Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: Before, During and After Treatmentedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Combine with cooked vegetables, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, yams, and acorn and butternut squash. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Butternut squash on Dictionary.com!Search for Butternut squash on Thesaurus.com!Search for Butternut squash on Google!Search for Butternut squash on Wikipedia!

Search