vegetable marrow or summer squash - followup

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ok. marrow is one of those names for zucchini, summer squash, courgettes. etc.

and is just as confusing as all the words we use for cabbages.

 

 

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The plant species Cucurbita pepo, which produces long, cylindrical fruits. These

are usually green but may also be yellow, white, or striped. Like their

relatives melons and cucumbers, they are climbing or trailing annuals, with

large, prickly leaves and stems. In North America these fruits are known as

summer squashes, and include the American pumpkin. They originated in tropical

America and are now grown all over the world as a vegetable. Other varieties of

C. pepo include ornamental gourds, and those with fruit used when young as

courgettes, which are also known as zucchini.

Source: Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia, © Oxford University Press 1998