Zucchini

Edible summer squash, typically green in colour, vegetable

Zucchini (British English: courgette) are a type of squash. Usually, they are served cooked. They can also be used as an ingredient in a sweet bread. They look similar to cucumbers.

Zucchini
Two typical Zucchini
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C. pepo
Binomial name
Cucurbita pepo
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Naming and Etymology

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The plant has three names in English, all of them meaning 'small marrow': zucchini (an Italian loanword), courgette (a French loanword), and baby marrow (South African English). Zucchini and courgette are doublets, both descending from the Latin cucurbita, 'gourd'.

Zoodles refer to spiraled Zucchini "noodles" used as an alternative to pasta.

Baby marrow

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The name baby marrow is used in South Africa to name a zucchini harvested when extremely young, as small as a finger.[1][2]

Maarroo

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Maarroo is used in Urdu, Pushtu and Punjabi for Zucchini in Pakistan. It is probably a distorted form of Marrow or baby marrow.

References

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  1. "Baby Marrow". AgriLink. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  2. Deepmala (2022-06-22). "What Is Courgette Or Zucchini? Can Dogs Eat Courgette (zucchini)?". www.germanshepherd-pet.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-20.