The difference between Butternut and Butternut squash
When used as nouns, butternut means a north american walnut tree, juglans cinerea, whereas butternut squash means a vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of cucurbita moschata.
check bellow for the other definitions of Butternut and Butternut squash
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Butternut as a noun:
A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
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Butternut as a noun:
The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
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Butternut as a noun:
The nut of this walnut tree.
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Butternut as a noun:
A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
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Butternut as a noun (informal, outside, South Africa):
Butternut squash.
Examples:
"He made a delicious butternut soup."
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Butternut squash as a noun:
A vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.