Zucchini

//zuːˈkiː.ni// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit. Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US
  2. 2
    plural of zucchino form-of, plural
  3. 3
    small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green wordnet
  4. 4
    The edible fruit of this variety of squash. Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US
  5. 5
    marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small wordnet

Synonyms

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courgettecourgettezuke

Example

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""What did you have for dinner?" "Grilled shrimp and baked zucchini with garlic sauce over rice noodles.""

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”). Ultimately related to courgette through the original Latin cucurbita. Compare Sicilian cucuzza.

Related phrases

cucurbita pepo

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