butternut squash

noun

1. a yellowish winter squash having sweet, orange-colored flesh.
2. the plant bearing this fruit.

Example Sentences

There is a butternut squash with two bites out of it scootching down the aisle of Health Goddess.

From Literature

In fact, the taste was described as “almost sweet,” akin to a butternut squash mac and cheese and not the Kraft Original.

From Salon

She leans on what she knows and plays up those flavors: the koji-marinated tomato in the oyster dish, the acid from the oranges in the butternut squash carpaccio.

From Seattle Times

On Christmas Day, you can choose between a special four-course holiday menu with options including hazelnut stuffed pork loin, prime rib and butternut squash ravioli, or an a la carte holiday menu.

From Seattle Times

Vegetable latkes can be made from chopped or shredded beets, zucchini, carrots, butternut squash or cauliflower.

From Washington Times