Vegetable marrow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
    marrow; marrow squash.
  2. noun large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
    marrow.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin.

Webster 1913