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κολοκύθα — meaning in English

kolokytha

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English meaning

  • marrow noun The soft, fatty tissue inside bones that produces blood cells.
  • pumpkin noun A large round orange fruit that grows on a vine, often used for cooking or carved for Halloween.
  • squash noun A racquet sport played in a walled court with a small rubber ball.

Senses

κολοκύθα is used for these senses in English:

  • marrow A kind of vegetable similar to a large courgette, zucchini or squash.
  • pumpkin The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
  • squash (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

marrow — full definition

  1. noun The soft, fatty tissue inside bones that produces blood cells.
  2. noun A large, mild-flavoured vegetable related to squash and courgette.
  3. noun The essential or most important part of something.

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