courgette

A small, cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow, typically dark green, from the marrow squash plant, eaten when small.

• 🇩🇪Eine kleine, längliche Gemüseart aus der Familie der Kürbisgewächse, meist dunkelgrün, die in jungem Zustand gegessen wird.

1. Vegetable A2 formal british culinary

   A small, typically dark green variety of summer squash, eaten as a vegetable.

   • She sliced the courgette for the stir-fry.
   • Courgettes are often grilled or roasted.
   • He added chopped courgette to the pasta sauce.

   🇩🇪Zucchini

   Synonyme: zucchini

2. Plant B1 formal british culinary

   The plant that produces this vegetable, a type of marrow squash.

   • The courgette plant grows well in warm weather.
   • He planted courgette seeds in his garden.
   • The courgette flowers are also edible.

   🇩🇪Pflanze

   Synonyme: zucchini

• courgettes plural form
• courgettes' possessive plural form
• courgette's possessive singular form