courge

Definitions of courge
  1. noun
    edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
    synonyms: gourde
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    types:
    gourde d'été
    any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
    courgette
    small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
    type of:
    légume
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  2. noun
    any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
    synonyms: gourde
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    type of:
    vigne, vrille
    a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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