What is Butternut squash?
{{Infobox cultivar | name = ''Cucurbita moschata'' 'Butternut' | image = Cucurbita moschata Butternut 2012 G2.jpg | image_caption = Ripe butternut squash | species = ''[[Cucurbita moschata]]'' | hybrid = 'Gooseneck squash' × 'Hubbard squash' | breeder = Charles Leggett | origin = 1940s in [[Stow, Massachusetts|Stow]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]] }} [[Image:Cucurbita moschata 'Butternut' 3.jpg|thumb|320px|Butternut squash cut lengthwise showing seeds]] [[Image:Australian pumpkin terminology.jpg|thumb|Butternut pumpkin (Australian term)]] '''Butternut squash''' (''[[Cucurbita moschata]]''), sometimes known in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] as '''butternut pumpkin''' or '''gramma''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Commercial production of pumpkins and grammas|url=https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/plants/fruit-and-vegetables/vegetables/cucurbits/production-pumpkins-and-grammas|publisher=Department of Agriculture and Fisheries|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806181834/https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/plants/fruit-and-vegetables/vegetables/cucurbits/production-pumpkins-and-grammas|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a type of [[winter squash]] that grows on a vine. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a [[pumpkin]]. It has tan-yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp with a compartment of seeds in the blossom end. == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Cucurbitaceae]] [[Category:Fruits]] [[Category:Vegetables]] [[Category:Thanksgiving]]