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marrow

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: marrow

1
 n
the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
2
 n
any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: marrow
1

n the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

Synonyms:
bone marrow
Types:
red bone marrow, red marrow
bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
yellow bone marrow, yellow marrow
bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
Type of:
connective tissue
tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments

n very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

Synonyms:
bone marrow
Type of:
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
something considered choice to eat

n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Synonyms:
center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
Types:
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bare bones
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
haecceity, quiddity
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
quintessence
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
stuff
a critically important or characteristic component
Type of:
cognitive content, content, mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
2

n any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

Synonyms:
marrow squash, vegetable marrow
Types:
courgette, zucchini
marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
Italian vegetable marrow, cocozelle
squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
Type of:
Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine
any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden

n large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

Synonyms:
vegetable marrow
Type of:
summer squash
any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
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