Lexic.us

Definition of Cushaw

1. Noun. Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds.

2. Noun. Globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind.

Definition of Cushaw

1. Noun. ''Cucurbita mixta'', the winter squash. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cushaw

1. a variety of squash [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cushaw

curvy cus cuscohygrine cuscus cuscuses cusec cusecs cush cush-cush cushat

cushat-dove cushat-doves cushat dove cushat doves cushats cushaw (current term) cushaws cushdie cushdy cushes

cushier cushiest cushily cushiness cushinesses cushing disease cushing syndrome cushingoid cushion cushion calamint

Literary usage of Cushaw

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

1. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"Professor Schele de Vere (of Virginia) states that it still " survives in its anglicized form of Maycock" (Americanisms, 1871, p. 60). The " cushaw" ..."

2. Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the General Assembly of by Board of Public Works, Virginia, Virginia Board of Public Works (1826)
"Upon re-examining the crossing place above the cushaw falls, I found that the plan ... There is just above the cushaw falls, a long stretch of still water, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"3257) is the leading representative, being the one that is commonly used for stock and for pies; the Canada Crookneck or cushaw types, which are varieties ..."

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