vegetable marrow

noun

any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini.

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Origin:
1810–20

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vegetable marrow

—n
1.	a cucurbitaceous plant, Cucurbita pepo, probably native to America but widely cultivated for its oblong green striped fruit, which is eaten as a vegetable
2.	Also called (in the US): marrow squash the fruit of this plant

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