cocozelle

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noun

A variety of squash with dark green skin mottled by lighter green or yellow.

Similar
Italian vegetable marrow
Scrabble 22

Meanings

nouncocozelle (countable and uncountable, plural cocozelles)

plural cocozelles

  1. countableuncountableA variety of squash with dark green skin mottled by lighter green or yellow.

    Cocozelle, which are mostly grown in Italy, are longer and thinner than zucchini and slightly bulbous at the flower end.

    2008, Russ Parsons, How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table, →ISBN
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    There are smaller marrows, the French courgettes, and the Italian cocozelles, also the 'Vegetable Spaghetti', but these are eaten small and immature, often cooked by recipes of the 'wrap in bacon, place a clove of garlic in the middle, soak in wine overnight then fry in butter and season with red peppers before serving with brandy sauce' type.

    2011, Lawrence D. Hills, Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsquash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow

Similar
Italian vegetable marrow

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