butternut pumpkin

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noun

Australian a variety of pumpkin, eaten as vegetableAlso called (NZ): butternut

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Words nearby butternut pumpkin

Buttermere, buttermilk, buttermilk sky, butter muslin, butternut, butternut pumpkin, butternut squash, butterpaste, butter sauce, butterscotch, butter someone up

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Example sentences from the Web for butternut pumpkin

Finally, Deborah Racicot of Narcissa prepares mouth-watering (and non-basic) pumpkin crepes with warm sage cinnamon en glaze.
Thanksgiving Favorites, With a Twist|Sara Sayed, The Daily Beast Video|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Pumpkin Fest weekend, they did things a little differently.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot?|Melanie Plenda|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Riots broke out both after last year's pumpkin festival and after the Red Sox World Series win last year.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival|Melanie Plenda|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He joked, as he split open pumpkin seeds with his teeth between puffs on a smoke.
I Heard About the Latest Crazed Shooter While I Watched the World Cup with Guys He Almost Killed|Daniel Genis|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The pumpkin, when he produced it, was the size of an orange—but still a pumpkin.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It wasn't long before she surprised the object of her search in the act of eating a fat grub beside a pumpkin.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
And he decided, after thinking deeply for some time, that there could not possibly be a bee inside the pumpkin.
The Tale of Buster Bumblebee|Arthur Scott Bailey
With equal expedition he built a second fire between two butternut-logs, produced a frying-pan, and set about supper.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
That there fellow was the sweetest cuttin' man I ever did cut in all my life—he was jest like a ripe pumpkin.'
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
Presently a thin line of men in butternut-colored clothes ran forward to a fence in front, and began throwing it down.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy

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