Zucchini (British English:courgette) are a type ofsquash. Usually, they are served cooked. They can also be used as an ingredient in asweet bread. They look similar tocucumbers.
The plant has three names inEnglish, all of them meaning 'small marrow':zucchini (anItalianloanword),courgette (aFrench loanword), andbaby marrow (South African English).Zucchini andcourgette aredoublets, both descending from the Latincucurbita,'gourd'.
Zoodles refer to spiraled Zucchini "noodles" used as an alternative topasta.
The namebaby marrow is used in South Africa to name a zucchini harvested when extremely young, as small as afinger.[1][2]
Maarroo is used in Urdu, Pushtu and Punjabi forZucchini in Pakistan. It is probably a distorted form of Marrow or baby marrow.
