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zucchini

zucchini

41 1.6
A long green vegetable like a small squash that people usually cook
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Today, as promised, I'm gonna share my zucchini chocolate chip cookie recipe.

    A Simple Favor (2018)

  • For six months, May to October, my father grew beets, zucchini, tomatoes, pumpkins, and garlic.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Come back and buy a zucchini.

    Wanderlust (2012)

  • 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.

  • Sauteed mushrooms, little baby corn and zucchini with the peanut sauce.

  • 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.

  • "Almond lasagna with zucchini in garlic and olive oil," I say in words like little rays of sunshine.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

summer squash
vszucchini
3 3.0

A soft vegetable like zucchini eaten while its skin is still tender

is one specific long green variety within that broader group
courgette
vszucchini
  • UK
1 6.6

A long thin green vegetable you can eat raw or cooked

is the American name for the same long green vegetable eaten cooked

How Big

pumpkin
314 1.0
zucchini
  • US
41 1.6
pattypan
1 7.4

Surface Forms

zucchini singular
zucchinis plural
courgettes plural
courgette singular

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.