COURGETTE

zucchini, courgette

(noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green

zucchini, courgette

(noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

courgette (plural courgettes)

(British, Ireland, NZ, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

(countable, culinary) The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.

Synonyms

• zucchini (Australia)

Source: Wiktionary



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