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Noun: vegetable marrow
Usage: Brit
  1. Large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
    "The vegetable marrow was stuffed with a savoury rice mixture";
    - marrow [Brit]
     
  2. Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
    "vegetable marrow squash is a popular vegetable in British cuisine";
    - marrow [Brit], marrow squash [N. Amer]

Derived forms: vegetable marrows

Type of: Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine

Encyclopedia: Vegetable marrow