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cour·gette
(ko͝or-zhĕt′)n. Chiefly British
A zucchini.
[French dialectal, diminutive of courge, gourd, from Old French cohourde, from Latin cucurbita.]
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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]
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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.
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courgette
zucchini
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Noun | 1. | courgette - marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small marrow 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 green summer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden |
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Translations
cuketa
courgette
calabacínzucchini
kesäkurpitsazucchini
tikvica
cukkini
ズッキーニ
서양 호박
bučka
zucchini
บวบ
quả bí xanh
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courgette
n (Brit) → Zucchini f
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courgette
→ كَوْسَا cuketa courgette Zucchini κολοκυθάκι calabacín kesäkurpitsa courgette tikvica zucchina ズッキーニ 서양 호박 courgette squash cukinia abobrinha, curgete кабачок zucchini บวบ kabak quả bí xanh 小胡瓜Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009