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butternut squash

butternut squash noun: a vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

butternut squash: a vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata
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Noun

butternut squash (countable and uncountable, plural butternut squashes)

  1. A vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

Synonyms of butternut squash

Forms of butternut squash

pluralbutternut squashes

Questions about butternut squash

What does butternut squash mean?
Butternut squash means a vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
What part of speech is butternut squash?
Butternut squash is a noun.
What is the plural of butternut squash?
The plural of butternut squash is butternut squashes.

Words near butternut squash in the dictionary

  1. Buttermore
  2. Buttermores
  3. butternut
  4. butternut pumpkin
  5. butternut pumpkins
  6. butternut squash
  7. butternut squashes
  8. butternuts
  9. butteroil
  10. butteroils
  11. butterpop

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