zucchini
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1.6
- noun
- /zuˈkiːni/
- US
:
calabacín
- The recipe calls for grilled zucchini as a healthy side dish to complement the main course.
I don't know, but they don't just eat zucchini all the time.
- I don't know, but they don't just eat zucchini all the time.
- I just got myself a spiralizer and I will get a zucchini.
Examples
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Today, as promised, I'm gonna share my zucchini chocolate chip cookie recipe.
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For six months, May to October, my father grew beets, zucchini, tomatoes, pumpkins, and garlic.
Fiction book (2000) -
Come back and buy a zucchini.
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I plan to use it to make zucchini bread and a childhood favorite, zucchini pie.
Blog text (12) -
I have the usual fried zucchini and Mac and cheese.
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Sauteed mushrooms, little baby corn and zucchini with the peanut sauce.
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When I'd get home a little after six, he was out in the backyard, watering his zucchini, eggplant, and tomatoes.
Fiction book (1997) -
I've grown tomatoes, green beans, kale, and zucchini for years on our small apartment balcony.
Blog text (12) -
So I'm going to make Turkey meatballs with the shredded zucchini Alfredo.
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"Almond lasagna with zucchini in garlic and olive oil," I say in words like little rays of sunshine.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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3.0
A soft vegetable like zucchini eaten while its skin is still tender
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6.6
A long thin green vegetable you can eat raw or cooked
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Etymology
The word zucchini comes from Italian and basically means 'little squash', made from zucca meaning 'gourd' or 'squash' plus a small ending -ino. So, a zucchini is literally a small squash, which explains the long green summer squash we eat.