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Buttercup squash [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

A turban squash with flesh resembling sweet potato in flavor.

OBS

Buttercup falls into the hard-shelled mature varieties. It is so named because of the turban-like cap at the blossom end; shape somewhat drumlike, with sides slightly tapering near the apex.

OBS

A variety of winter squash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Production légumière
OBS

Variété de courge d'hiver.

Spanish

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