n.
- Brit. a long white-fleshed gourd with thin green skin, eaten as a vegetable.
- the plant of the gourd family which produces this.
[Cucurbita pepo.]
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(also bone marrow)
a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced.
- the vital part:
such men were the marrow of the organization.
Phrase
- to the marrow
to one's innermost being.
Derivative
Etymology
OE mearg, mærg, of Gmc origin.