butternut squash

American  

noun

1. a yellowish winter squash having sweet, orange-colored flesh.

2. the plant bearing this fruit.

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Example Sentences

Butternut squash also works, but it will need to be peeled.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Butternut squash soup is another one that I have a couple of variations on and gazpacho.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021

But frost came late that year, and there were even a few Butternut squash for the soup pot.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021

Butternut squash adds nutty sweetness to the eggplant spread m’tabbal, for example, while Tamimi turns the street-food chickpea snack balilah into a warm salad topped with Aleppo pepper.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021

Butternut squash bisque, elote, pissaladière, endive salad, duck confit risotto, roast Peking duck, roasted guinea hen, Atlantic cod, skate, curried chicken potpie, key lime pie, sweet potato cake.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2012