Noun: vegetable marrow
Usage: Brit
Usage: Brit
- Large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
"The vegetable marrow was stuffed with a savoury rice mixture";
- marrow [Brit]
- 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