Variety of pumpkin (9)
I believe the answer is:
butternut
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">variety of pumpkin</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for butternut that I've seen before include "sort of a squash" , "species of tree" , "Variety of pumpkin" , "Wood" .)