| NOUN | plant | butternut squash, Cucurbita maxima | plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind |
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| food | butternut squash | buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh |
| Meaning | plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind. | |
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| Synonym | Cucurbita maxima | |
| Parts | butternut squash | buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh |
| Broader | winter squash, winter squash plant | Any of various plants of the species Cucurbita ... / Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall |
| Meaning | buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh. | |
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| Part of | butternut squash, Cucurbita maxima | plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind |
| Broader | winter squash | Any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months |
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