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单词 vegetable marrow
释义

vegetable marrow


noun

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

Origin of vegetable marrow

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby vegetable marrow

vegetable, vegetable butter, vegetable cellar, vegetable ivory, vegetable kingdom, vegetable marrow, vegetable oil, vegetable oyster, vegetable pear, vegetable sheep, vegetable silk
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Example sentences from the Web for vegetable marrow

  • Willesden allotment-holders are complaining of a shortage of male blooms on their vegetable-marrow plants.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug 15, 1917|Various
  • There may be a good deal of apple in some plum-jam and perhaps some vegetable-marrow.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2|George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for vegetable marrow

vegetable marrow

noun

a cucurbitaceous plant, Cucurbita pepo, probably native to America but widely cultivated for its oblong green striped fruit, which is eaten as a vegetable
Also called: (US) marrow squash the fruit of this plant
Often shortened to: marrow
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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