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courgette

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cour⋅gette

  [koor-zhet]
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–noun Chiefly British.
zucchini.
Origin:
1930–35; < F, orig. dim. of courge gourd < VL *cucurbica, for L cucurbita; cf. cucurbit, gourd, -ette

zuc⋅chi⋅ni

  [zoo-kee-nee]
–noun, plural -ni, -nis.
1. a variety of summer squash that is shaped like a cucumber and that has a smooth, dark-green skin.
2. the plant bearing this fruit.
Also called, especially British, courgette.

Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; < It, pl. of zucchino, equiv. to zucc(a) gourd (see zucchetto ) + -ino dim. suffix
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cour·gette   (kŏŏr-zhět')   
n.   Chiefly British
A zucchini.

[French dialectal, diminutive of courge, gourd, from Old French cohourde, from Latin cucurbita.]
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