vegetable marrow


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

Origin of vegetable marrow

1
First recorded in 1810–20

Words Nearby vegetable marrow

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How to use vegetable marrow in a sentence

  • vegetable marrow is a type of summer squash and may be prepared for the table by any of the recipes for summer squash.

    Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Perceiving that she desired me to have the vegetable marrow, I allowed her to take me out into the garden to get it.

    Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer | George Sturt (AKA George Bourne)
  • Scoop the seeds from one large vegetable marrow, fill with the mixture, and bake for one hour.

  • By common consent, Miss Amy had always been presented with the largest vegetable marrow that Riff could produce.

    Notwithstanding | Mary Cholmondeley
  • Am I like a vegetable marrow, grown in your garden, that you want to feel me all round to see how soft I am?

British Dictionary definitions for vegetable marrow

vegetable marrow

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: (US) marrow squash the fruit of this plant

  • Often shortened to: marrow

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