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

But nature, ever bountiful, supplies its place with the mi-cadania or butter tree, which yields abundance of a kind of vegetable marrow, pleasant to the taste, and highly esteemed by the natives.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert

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.

They contain a large quantity of firm pulp, possessing a buttery or marrow-like taste, and are frequently called vegetable marrow.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Then will he break forth and cry out for his vegetable marrow.

From Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)