Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of winter squash (Cucurbita moschata or C. argyrosperma) having a narrow often curved neck and a striped rind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fruit, mostly oblong or crooked, of Cucurbita moschata, sometimes called
squash and sometimespumpkin .
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- noun Cucurbita mixta, the
winter squash .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind
- noun plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Despite their reputation for drought tolerance C. mixta varieties (or cushaw squash) were believed to be strictly hot desert or humid-tropical varieties, unable to mature in our cool climate.
Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon
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But the cushaw brings real excitement to her voice.
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But the cushaw brings real excitement to her voice.
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He loved mashed potatoes and peas, cushaw with brown sugar syrup and homemade biscuits and fried apples and I would take him a plate now and then just to find that he'd usually have something waiting for me in return.
unknown title 2009
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So, while you can probably grow butternut, cushaw and a summer squash and have no crossing, your zucchini and Halloween pumpkin will cross.
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Plant Nomenclature • Family Cucurbitaceae - Genus Cucurbita • species pepo - summer squash, pumpkin, acorn squash maxima - hubbard, buttercup, kabocha moschata - butternut, Long Island Cheese mixta - variety or cultivar Zephyr, Howden, Tiptop Blue Ballet, bonbon Waltham butternut Green striped cushaw - Also in the Cucurbitaceae family: Cucumis melo
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In November, the basement is full of butternut squash, sweet potatoes, white potatoes and cushaw squash.
Signs of the Times 2009
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“Mr. K sent three new kinds of teparies,” my father was saying, “plus a cushaw squash I don’t think we’ve seen before, some kind of gourd seeds, and a sixty-day corn—all late-season varieties to plant before the rains.”
KOKOPELLI’S FLUTE WILL HOBBS 1995
bilby commented on the word cushaw
I'm told most tinned pumpkin is actually cushaw as it is less stringy and makes better pies. Not that you can get tinned pumpkin in Australia. Or that there is a flurry of pumpkin pie making going on. Oh no.
November 24, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word cushaw
Do I smell sarcasm in the air???
November 24, 2009
bilby commented on the word cushaw
Nae. I came across this factlet while looking at pumpkin pie recipes. A lot of them seem to recommend tinned pumpkin. I can't ever remember seeing it in Australia. But in any case I bought a butternut pumpkin at the market on Sunday and haven't done anything with it yet. There are a lot of pie recipes around at the moment so I think I'll have a go. But as I'm not actually having a capital T Thanksgiving I don't have to prepare a pie big enough to feed a horde, do I? Or do it on a particular day. So no flurry :-)
November 24, 2009