vegetable marrow

American  

noun

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

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vegetable marrow British  

noun

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: marrow squash.  the fruit of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of vegetable marrow

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

EB White said of Punch – originally launched in 1841, and subtitled the London Charivari – that it was "as British as vegetable marrow", and that it constituted a legislature in its own right.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

Many variations will suggest themselves—cauliflower, parsnips, vegetable marrow, sliced tomatoes, beetroot, &c., instead of the other vegetables.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

He might begin on potatoes to-day, and to-morrow he might have vegetable marrow, and we might draw up a list for every day in the week.'

From Two Maiden Aunts by Debenham, Mary H.

Take a good-sized vegetable marrow, pare thinly and remove a small wedge-shaped piece from the side.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

N.B.—If you place the stuffing inside cold, the vegetable marrow will break before the inside gets hot through.

From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.