Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small, cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green: A courgette is a type of summer squash, harvested and eaten while its skin is still tender and its seeds are immature. It is usually green but can also be yellow.
   • The marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small: This refers to the plant itself that produces the courgette vegetable.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • For dinner, we grilled courgette with olive oil and herbs.
  • The recipe calls for one large courgette, finely chopped.
  • She grows courgettes in her garden every summer.

Advanced Usage

• "Stuffed courgette": A dish where the vegetable is hollowed out and filled with a mixture, often containing rice, meat, or cheese.

  • Stuffed courgette makes a delicious and healthy main course.

• "Courgette flower": The edible blossom of the courgette plant, often used in cooking.

  • The restaurant serves fried courgette flowers as an appetizer.

Variants and Related Words

• Zucchini (noun): The common North American and Australian term for "courgette". The words are synonymous.

  • The salad contains thinly sliced zucchini (courgette).

• Summer squash (noun): A broader category of soft-skinned squashes that includes courgettes/zucchini.

  • Pattypan and yellow squash are other types of summer squash.

Synonyms

• Zucchini: The direct equivalent term, especially in American English.
• Vegetable marrow: A more general term, though it can refer to larger, mature versions of the same vegetable.

Noun

1. small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
2. marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small