Meaning & use

Hubbard

noun·Advanced

A large winter squash with thick, bumpy, blue-gray to orange skin and sweet orange flesh.

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Grandma always roasted a Hubbard squash for the harvest dinner.

The hubbards in the garden grew so large that two people were needed to carry one inside.

A note on using this word

Hubbard squash is often used like butternut squash in recipes, though its skin is much tougher and harder to cut.

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