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Cushaw

noun

Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds. Synonyms: Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta.

Globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind.

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"Cushaw" Quotes from Famous Books

... adapted to dry gardening. These include Buttercup, Hubbard, Delicious, Sweet Meat, Delicata, Spaghetti, and Acorn. I wouldn't trust any of the newer compact bush winter varieties so popular on raised beds. Despite their reputation for drought tolerance C. mixta varieties (or cushaw squash) were believed to be strictly hot desert or humid-tropical varieties, unable to mature in our cool climate. However, Pepita (PEA) is a mixta that is early enough and seems entirely unbothered by a complete lack of irrigation. The enormous vine sets numerous good keepers with ...

— Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway • Steve Solomon

Words linked to "Cushaw" : Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita, winter squash plant, winter squash