Definitions of vegetable marrow
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any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
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synonyms:
marrow, marrow squash
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types:
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courgette, zucchini
marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
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Italian vegetable marrow, cocozelle
squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
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type of:
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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
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courgette, zucchini
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large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
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synonyms:
marrow
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type of:
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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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summer squash
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