Zucchini
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.
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| Species: | C. 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
Golden zucchini grown in the Netherlands for sale in a supermarket in Montpellier, France, in April 2013
Flower of the zucchini plant.
Zucchini soup.
Grilled zucchini in a restaurant in Brighton.
Sliced zucchini for preparation of salad
Zucchini plant in India (2012)
A young zucchini plant grown by a home gardener in the city.
Harvest-ready, although not yet full-grown, zucchini on plant; the glossy skin is progressively lost after the first week following anthesis.
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References
- ↑ "Baby Marrow". AgriLink. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ↑ 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.