delicata

plural delicatas

1. CanadaUSAn heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes

   You will need one medium butternut or two or three delicatas.

   2004, Jack Bishop, Richard G. Jung, “Winter Squash Risotto with Sage and Parmesan”, in A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen, →ISBN, page 354

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   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.

   1992 October 28, Nanette Blanchard, “Autumn's Glory”, in Vegetarian Times, page 67

   The best winter squashes (delicata, for example) have edible skins and are amazing just chunked and roasted with a little oil[…].

   2009 January 17, Mark Bittman, “Stale spices, canned beans are no-nos for new year”, in Toronto Star

1. A surname.