Hubbard squash

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Hubbard squash

1865–70, after the surname Hubbard

Example Sentences

The event centered on an elaborate dinner party at which guests devoured sweet Hubbard squash, a symbol of abundance and fertility, carefully prepared for consumption.

From Los Angeles Times

And if you just can’t resist filling up your wheelbarrow at the pumpkin patch, Morgan suggests mixing red Cinderella pumpkins with white pumpkins and blue Hubbard squash for a harvest-like aesthetic at home.

From Seattle Times

For a meat-free main with major tableside appeal, it’s hard to top the blue Hubbard squash, a whopper of a winter variety that happens to be shaped a lot like a turkey and is widely available at farmers’ markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thus we have in general garden circulation the Brandywine tomato, the Hubbard squash and the Roxbury Russet apple, for example.

From Washington Post

While this vegetarian pie could be made with kabocha or Cinderella or Hubbard squash, I choose the humble butternut.

From Washington Post