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Hubbard squash

noun

a variety of winter squash having a green or yellow skin and yellow flesh.

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Origin of Hubbard squash

1865–70, Americanism; after the surname Hubbard

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019