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

Derived forms: zucchinis

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

Encyclopedia: Zucchini