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Courgette

//kʊɚˈʒɛt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash. British, Ireland, uncountable
  2. 2
    small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green wordnet
  3. 3
    The edible fruit of this marrow/squash. countable
  4. 4
    marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.

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