ZUCCHINI

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

zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini)

(Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, US) A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.

(Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, US) The edible fruit of this variety of squash.

Synonyms

• courgette (UK, Ireland, NZ), zuke (US)

Noun

zucchini

plural of zucchino

Source: Wiktionary



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