Zucchini

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

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 Latin: cucurbita.

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

Baby marrow

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

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

Zucchini Media

References

  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.