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 • Nov. 9, 2023

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 • Oct. 21, 2021

Their tendrils are far too weak to support vines bearing heavy watermelons or Blue Hubbard squash.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2017

At other times they had baked Hubbard squash for dinner.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Then Ma put on the boiled potatoes and cabbage and meat, the baked beans, the hot johnny-cake and the baked Hubbard squash, and she poured the tea.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder