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

Scoop the seeds from one large vegetable marrow, fill with the mixture, and bake for one hour.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William

Keep turning the pieces of vegetable marrow over in the butter, taking care that they do not at all turn colour.

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

I was very fond of vegetable marrow and used to grow a very fine kind.

From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.

The vegetable marrow should now be thrown into boiling water and boiled till it is tender, about twenty minutes to half an hour.

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