In a culinary context, marrows are treated as a vegetable; usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, marrows are fruit, a type ...Marrow(vegetable)FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchMarrowThethickfleshofavegetablemarrowisusedintheUK.TypeVegetablePlaceoforiginUnitedKingdomThisarticleisaboutthevegetable.Forotheruses,seeMarrow(disambiguation).FlowerofmarrowAmarrowisavegetable,thematurefruitofcertainCucurbitapepocultivars.Theimmaturefruitofthesameorsimilarcultivarsiscalledcourgette(inBritain,Ireland,France,theNetherlands,Singapore,MalaysiaandNewZealand)orzucchini(inNorthAmerica,Japan,Australia,theCzechRepublic,Italy,GermanyandAustria).[1]Likecourgettes,marrowsareoblong,greensquash,butmarrowshaveafirmrindandaneutralflavour("overgrownwhenpickedandinsipidwhencooked"),[1]makingthemusefulasediblecasingsformincemeatandotherstuffings.[2]Theycanbestoredforseveralweeksafterharvest(likepumpkinsandotherwintersquash),tobeprocessedforfoodwhenrequired.[3]TheyareavegetableusedinGreatBritainandareaswithsignificantBritishinfluence,thoughtheirpopularityiswaninginfavorofimmaturesummersquashlikecourgette.[1]GiantmarrowsaregrowncompetitivelyintheUnitedKingdom,wheretheterm"marrow"isoftenrestrictedtothestriped,thick-skinnedcultivar.[4][5]Inaculinarycontext,marrowsaretreatedasavegetable;usuallycookedandpresentedasasavorydishoraccompaniment.Botanically,marrowsarefruit,atypeofbotanicalberry,beingtheswollenovaryofthemarrowflower.Marrows,likeallsquash,havetheirancestryintheAmericas.Contents1History2Nutrition3Toxicology4References5ExternallinksHistory[edit]MarrowcutawayAccordingtotheOxfordEnglishDictionary,thefirstmentionofvegetablemarrowsdatesto1822,[6]zucchinito1929,[7]andcourgettesto1931.[8]BeforetheintroductionofCucurbitaspeciesfromtheNewWorld,marrowsignifiedtheimmature,ediblefruitsofLagenaria,acucurbitgourdofAfricanoriginwidelygrownsinceAntiquityforeatingwhenimmatureandfordryingaswatertightreceptacleswhengrowntomaturity.Vegetablemarr