vegetable marrow

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veg′etable mar′row, 

1. Plant Biology any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini.

• 1810–20

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vegetable marrow 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

Often shortened to: marrow