vegetable marrow
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Noun (2)
- any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish fleshSynonyms: marrowmarrow squashType of summer squash, summer squash vineKinds cocozelle, zucchiniParts marrow
- large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skinsSynonyms: marrowType of summer squashPart of marrow, marrow squash
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Vegetable marrow
Botany, an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin.
From the entry Vegetable.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54