butternut
Tan winter squash
Butternut is a North American walnut tree, or its edible nut, which has a rich, oily flavor.
The wood is prized for carving.
During the American Civil War, butternut referred to Confederate soldiers or sympathizers, from the yellowish-brown dye made from butternut bark that colored homespun uniforms: The road was thick with butternuts heading south.
Butternut squash is a different thing entirely—a tan, bottle-shaped winter squash with orange flesh.
Hard-rinded seasonal vegetable
- roastedCooked uncovered with heat
- soupCooked liquid dish
- pureeSmoothly blended food
- ravioliFilled dough squares
risotto · sage · brown butter · cubed · flesh · seeds · acorn squash · delicata
Secessionist state supporter
- gray uniformMuted official clothing
- homespunPlain and unpretentious
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- SouthernOf the region below
fabric · clothing · natural dye · secession · rebel · tannin · brown · soldiers
Dense deciduous timber
- lumberSawn wood for building
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- nativeOriginating from a place
- northeasternOf the upper-right direction
canker · timber · woodworking · carving · oily · furniture · North American · deciduous
winter squash
Hard-rinded seasonal vegetable
ravioli · risotto · sage · brown butter · cubed · flesh · seeds · acorn squash · delicata · kabocha
Confederate
Secessionist state supporter
- gray uniformMuted official clothing
- homespunPlain and unpretentious
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
Southern · fabric · clothing · natural dye · secession · rebel · tannin · brown · soldiers · textile
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
northeastern · canker · timber · woodworking · carving · oily · furniture · North American · deciduous · shade tree
edible
Safe to consume
shell · cracking · flavor · baking · snack · foraged · wild · meat · kernel · rich
- vegetablesbroccoli, carrots, carrot, potato, cucumber
- Cucurbitssquash, pumpkin, cucumber, zucchini, gourd
- lumberlumber, timber, oak, pine, cedar
- nutspistachios, almond, cashews, chestnuts, cashew
- Civil War attireblue coat, gray coat, kepi, kepis, frock coat
- Civil War Slangskedaddle, Johnny Reb, bluebelly, grayback, copperhead
- butternut squashTan winter gourd
- butternut squashesTan-skinned edible gourds
- butternut squash soupPureed winter gourd dish
- butternut pumpkinTan-skinned winter squash