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
vegemite,
vegetable,
vegetable butter,
vegetable cellar,
vegetable ivory,
vegetable marrow,
vegetable oil,
vegetable oyster,
vegetable sheep,
vegetable silk,
vegetable sponge
Example sentences from the Web for vegetable marrow
Willesden allotment-holders are complaining of a shortage of male blooms on their vegetable-marrow plants.
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