Noun: butternut squash 'bú-tu(r),nút skwósh
- Buff-coloured squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh
"She pureed the roasted butternut squash to make a creamy soup"
- Plant bearing buff-coloured squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind
"Butternut squash vines climbed up the garden trellis";
- Cucurbita maxima
Derived forms: butternut squashes
Type of: winter squash, winter squash plant
Encyclopedia: Butternut squash