1. a long, thin vegetable with a dark green skin. It is a type of small marrow.

2. The zucchini (/zuːˈkiːni/ (listen); plural: zucchini or zucchinis),^[1] courgette (/kʊərˈʒɛt/; plural: courgettes) or baby marrow (Cucurbita pepo)^[2] 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.^[3][4][5]