calabaza
ca·la·ba·za [ ˌka-lə-ˈbä-zə]
[ˌka-lə-ˈbä-zə]
: a large winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) that resembles a pumpkin and is typically grown in the West Indies and tropical America
Recent Examples on the Web
//The stand will serve meat- and dairy-free Mexican dishes including jackfruit birria and carnitas, enchiladas suizas with calabaza guisado, chilaquiles with vegan cheese and mole poblano with king oyster mushrooms.
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Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times, "Shiok! and its Asian street-food inspired menu sets up shop in Torrance," 24 Sep. 2019
//Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, chayote, cherry tomatoes, dasheen, malanga, okra, roselle, southern peas, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, sweet potatoes and yard-long beans.
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Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "June in the garden," 26 May 2018
//Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, chayote, cherry tomatoes, dasheen, malanga, okra, roselle, southern peas, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, sweet potatoes and yard-long beans.
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Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "June in the garden," 26 May 2018
//Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, cherry tomato, okra, Southern pea, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, roselle, sweet potato and yard-long bean; start transplants of eggplant, peppers and tomatoes from seed in mid July.
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Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018
//Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, chayote, cherry tomatoes, dasheen, malanga, okra, roselle, southern peas, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, sweet potatoes and yard-long beans.
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Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "June in the garden," 26 May 2018
//Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, chayote, cherry tomatoes, dasheen, malanga, okra, roselle, southern peas, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, sweet potatoes and yard-long beans.
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Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "June in the garden," 26 May 2018
//Candied pumpkin, calabaza en tacha, is a popular sweet, made from huge green pumpkins grown for this purpose.
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Judy Walker, NOLA.com, "Day of the Dead, a food-filled holiday that has nothing to do with Halloween," 31 Oct. 2017
//Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, cherry tomato, okra, Southern pea, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, roselle, sweet potato and yard-long bean; start transplants of eggplant, peppers and tomatoes from seed in mid-July.
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Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July gardening calendar," 1 July 2017
First Known Use of calabaza
1856, in the meaning defined above
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