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zucchini
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun zucchini has 2 senses
- zucchini(n = noun.plant) courgette - marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small; Array has parts: courgette, zucchini
- zucchini(n = noun.food) courgette - small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green; Array is a kind of summer squash
is a kind of marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow
is a part of courgette, zucchini
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zucchini, n. (pl. same or zucchinis) esp. US & Austral. a courgette.
Etymology
It., pl. of zucchino dimin. of zucca gourd
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