a cucurbitaceous plant, Cucurbita pepo, probably native to America but widely cultivated for its oblong green striped fruit, which is eaten as a vegetable
2. Also called: (US) marrow squash
the fruit of this plant
Often shortened to: marrow
vegetable marrow in American English
Chiefly British
1.
any of various large, elongated, smooth-skinned, meaty varieties of summer squash