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delicatas

delicatas is the plural of delicata.

Meaning of delicata

Noun

delicata (plural delicatas)

  1. (Canada, US) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes
    • But once you've tasted the sweet flesh of a delicata or slipped the strands of a spaghetti squash out of its shell, you'll never again regard winter squash as merely an agricultural art piece.1992 October, Nanette Blanchard, “Autumn's Glory”, in Vegetarian Times, page 67

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Questions about delicatas

What is delicatas the plural of?
Delicatas is the plural of delicata.

Words near delicatas in the dictionary

  1. delibration
  2. delibrations
  3. delicacies
  4. delicacy
  5. delicata
  6. delicatas
  7. delicate
  8. delicated
  9. delicately
  10. delicateness
  11. delicater

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