cocozelle

[ kok-uh-zel-ee ]

noun

1. a variety of summer squash having a dark-green skin that is usually striped with light green or yellow.
2. the plant itself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cocozelle¹

First recorded in 1920–25; of uncertain origin; perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian cocuzza “gourd, pumpkin,” from Late Latin cucutia; perhaps a re-formation of Latin cucurbita “gourd”; gourd, -elle