noun
spaghetti squash
A cultivar of Cucurbita pepo known for its flesh that separates into spaghetti-like strands when cooked.
金糸瓜をゆでると、果肉が糸状にほぐれる。
When you boil spaghetti squash, the flesh separates into strands.
Another common name for spaghetti squash, literally 'somen noodle pumpkin', often used interchangeably with 金糸瓜.
From 金糸 (golden thread) + 瓜 (gourd), referring to the golden, thread-like strands of its cooked flesh. The alternate spelling 錦糸瓜 uses 錦 (brocade) with a similar visual metaphor.