courgette

cour·gette

C0696600 (ko͝or-zhĕt′)n. Chiefly British A zucchini.

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[French dialectal, diminutive of courge, gourd, from Old French cohourde, from Latin cucurbita.]

courgette

(kʊəˈʒɛt) n (Plants) chiefly Brit a small variety of vegetable marrow, cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Also called: zucchini [from French, diminutive of courge marrow, gourd]

zuc•chi•ni

(zuˈki ni)

n., pl. -ni, -nis. 1. a cucumber-shaped summer squash having a smooth, dark green skin. 2. the plant bearing this fruit. Also called, esp. Brit., courgette. [1925–30, Amer.; < Italian, pl. of zucchino=zucc(a) gourd (see zucchetto) + -ino -ine³]

courgette

zucchini

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	courgette - marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when smallzucchinicourgette, zucchini - small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark greenmarrow squash, vegetable marrow, marrow - any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
	2.	courgette - small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark greenzucchinisummer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind hardencourgette, zucchini - marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small

Translations

小胡瓜

courgette

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