Noun: zucchini zoo'kee-nee
Usage: N. Amer, Austral, NZ (=courgette)
Usage: N. Amer, Austral, NZ (=courgette)
- Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
"She spiralized zucchini to make low-carb 'noodles'";
- courgette [UK]
- 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