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prettygoodwordkabocha - n., a variety of Japanese winter squash.
A nearly spherical relative of buttercup squashes, which was introduced to Japan via Cambodia by the Portuguese, who called it Cambodia abóbora -- shortened in Japanese to kabocha (Portuguese -"dia" being pronounced very closely to Japanese "-cha"). In Japanese, the word is also used for pumpkins in general.
Also, quite tasty.
---L.
A nearly spherical relative of buttercup squashes, which was introduced to Japan via Cambodia by the Portuguese, who called it Cambodia abóbora -- shortened in Japanese to kabocha (Portuguese -"dia" being pronounced very closely to Japanese "-cha"). In Japanese, the word is also used for pumpkins in general.
Also, quite tasty.
---L.
