Meaning of delicata | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes
   Canada, US

Examples

“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.”

“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[…].”

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