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Noun: courgette  kor'zhet or kûr'zhet
Usage: UK (=zucchini)
  1. Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
    "She spiralized courgette to make low-carb 'noodles'";
    - zucchini [N. Amer, Austral, NZ]
     
  2. Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
    "They planted courgette in their vegetable garden";
    - zucchini [N. Amer, Austral, NZ]

Derived forms: courgettes

Type of: marrow [Brit], marrow squash [N. Amer], summer squash, vegetable marrow [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Courgette