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

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vegetable marrow

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

You with the mug on you like a vegetable marrow!

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene

Care must be taken not to get this soup too thin, as the vegetable marrow itself contains a large quantity of water.

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

Yes, I know they call ’em melons, but they’re not a bit better than an old pumpkin at home, or an old vegetable marrow gone to seed.

From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by William Heysham Overend

Fruit Soup.—Fruit soup can be made from rhubarb, vegetable marrow, cucumber, gourd, or pumpkin.

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

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