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.

 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 .

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.

Maarroo
Maarroo is used in Urdu, Pushtu and Punjabi for Zucchini in Pakistan. It is probably a distorted form of Marrow or baby marrow.

References

Category:Vegetables
Category:Cucurbitaceae