Found 2 items, similar to vegetable marrow.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vegetable marrow vegetable marrow n 1: any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn: marrow, marrow squash] 2: large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins [syn: marrow]
English → English (gcide) Definition: vegetable marrow Marrow \Mar"row\, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. Merge.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color. [1913 Webster] 2. The essence; the best part. [1913 Webster] It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our attribute. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end. --Tusser. [1913 Webster] Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal. [1913 Webster]