Delicata
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Delicata is a noun meaning (Canada, US) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
Meaning
(Canada, US) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
Example Sentences
You will need one medium butternut or two or three delicatas.
The best winter squashes (delicata, for example) have edible skins and are amazing just chunked and roasted with a little oil[…].
But once you've tasted the sweet flesh of a delicata or slipped the strands of a spaghetti squash out of its shell, you'll never again regard winter squash as merely an agricultural art piece.
Word Forms
- delicatas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cocozelle, zucchini, eggplant, tinda, squash, straightneck.
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