delicata
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]So named because of its delicate skin that does not need to be peeled before cooking and can be eaten.[1]
Noun
[edit]delicata (plural delicatas)
- (Canada, US) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes
- 1992 October, Nanette Blanchard, “Autumn's Glory”, in Vegetarian Times[2], page 67:
- 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.
- 2009 January 17, Mark Bittman, “Stale spices, canned beans are no-nos for new year”, in Toronto Star[4]:
- The best winter squashes (delicata, for example) have edible skins and are amazing just chunked and roasted with a little oil […] .
References
[edit]- ^ Mary Godnick (2021 December 5) “December Harvest of the Month: Delicata Squash”, in Melissa Hart, editor, Adirondack Almanack[1], archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
Further reading
[edit]delicata squash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]delicata f sg
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dēlicāta
- inflection of dēlicātus:
Adjective
[edit]dēlicātā
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