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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) having a long neck and round base, a smooth tan rind, and yellow or orange flesh.
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- noun Curcurbita moschata: a vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind
- noun buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh
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