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

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.

Then Augusta in a moment of inspiration thought of French beans and vegetable marrow . . . stuffed with chestnuts.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

In some of them, when young, the woody system appears to be altogether absent, and they have the appearance of a mass of fleshy matter, like a vegetable marrow.

From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by Watson, W.

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 Payne, A. G.