courgette
noun/kʊɚˈʒɛt/US/kʊəˈʒɛt/UK
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.
- derived from cucurbita
Definitions
A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.
The neighborhood
- synonymzucchini
- neighborcucumber
- neighborgherkin
- neighbormarrow
- neighborpickle
- neighborsquash
- neighborzucchini
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for courgette. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA