zucchini
Sign in to saveZucchini ( ; or zucchinis; in Australia and North America), courgette ( ; in France and Britain), or '''Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica' is a summer squash, a vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and epicarp (rind) are still soft and edible. It is closely related, but not identical, to the marrow; its fruit may be called marrow'' when mature.thumb|Golden zucchini grown in the Netherlands for sale in a supermarket in Montpellier, France, in April 2013
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Zucchini is a summer squash plant whose soft, immature fruits are harvested and eaten while their seeds and skin are still tender. It is commonly grown and consumed in many parts of the world, where it serves as a versatile vegetable for cooking and eating.
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- Cultivar.name
- Zucchini
- Cultivar.image_caption
- Striped and uniform-colored zucchini
- Cultivar.genus
- Cucurbita
- Cultivar.species
- Cucurbita pepo
- Cultivar.origin
- 19th-century northern Italy
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- Etymology and common names
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- Culinary uses
- Europe
- France
- Italy
- Britain
- Middle East and Africa
- Australia and the Americas
- Nutrition
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Zucchini ( ; or zucchinis; in Australia and North America), courgette ( ; in France and Britain), or '''Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica' is a summer squash, a vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and epicarp (rind) are still soft and edible. It is closely related, but not identical, to the marrow; its fruit may be called marrow'' when mature.thumb|Golden zucchini grown in the Netherlands for sale in a supermarket in Montpellier, France, in April 2013
Ordinary zucchini fruit are any shade of green, though the golden zucchini is a deep yellow or orange. At maturity, they can grow to nearly in length, but they are normally harvested at about . In botany, the zucchini's fruit is a pepo, a berry (the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower) with a hardened epicarp. In cookery, it is treated as a vegetable, usually cooked and eaten as an accompaniment or savory dish, though occasionally used in sweeter cooking.