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courgette

[ koor-zhet ]

noun

Chiefly British.


courgette

/ °ìʊəˈÏôÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. a small variety of vegetable marrow, cooked and eaten as a vegetable Also calledzucchini
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of courgette1

1930–35; < French, originally diminutive of courge gourd < Vulgar Latin *cucurbica, for Latin cucurbita; cucurbit, gourd, -ette
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of courgette1

from French, diminutive of courge marrow, gourd
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Every potato pulled from the ground, every courgette packed into a crate, every small effort, is a quiet victory.

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A spell of bad weather in Spain in 2017 led British newspapers to refer to the period as a “courgette crisis.â€

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He's frying sliced courgette over a log stove outside a block of flats.

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The roast dinner, with a courgette croquette as the vegetarian option, is popular with the children.

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As she desperately paged through the courgette section of "Tender," British food writer Nigel Slater's 2011 cookbook, for ideas, she found inspiration and unexpected reassurance from an old friend.

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