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Definition: Zucchini |
ZucchiniNoun1. Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small. 2. Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: ZucchiniSynonym: courgette (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zucchini |
| English words defined with "zucchini": cocozelle. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zucchini" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (courgette, zucchini), Swedish (zucchini). |
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Screenplays | It's sauteed zucchini. (Breaking Away; writing credit: Steve Tesich) | |
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This image shows a display of healthy foods on a table. Foods include beans, grains, cauliflour, cantelope, pasta, bread, orange, turkey, salmon, carrots, turnips, zucchini, snowpeas, string beans, radishes, asparagus, summer squash, lean beef, tomatoes, and potatoes. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ![]() | Oscar Stevens (left), and Eric Banks (right), NRCS Soil Conservationist, inspect a zucchini squash blossom. Stevens grows a number of unique vegetables. Local restaurants enjoy a white zucchini produced on his farm. Reginald Stevens and Darryl Herrin in t. Credit: Bob Nichols. | |
![]() | Closeup of a variety of squash, butternut, zucchini, scallop, acorn, and yellow straightneck. Credit: USDA. | ||
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Political Economy | THE BAHAMAS | The restrictions have been extended to include other varieties of produce for which the Ministry determines that local farmers (e.g. Christmas poinsettias, romaine lettuce, yellow squash, and zucchini) can meet the demand. (references) |
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| Country | Name |
| Italy | Zucchini SPA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "zucchini": zucchini-layered. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "zucchini"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kungull i njomë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كوسى, قرع صيفي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | дребен сорт тиквички. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 夏南". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cukina (courgette), cuketa (courgette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | courgette (courgette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kalabaseto (courgette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کدوی تابستانی(گ.ش.), کدوسبز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | courgette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zucchini (courgette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολοκυθάκι χλωρό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קשוא (marrow, squash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cukkini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zucchina (marrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スンプ法 (canvas, cloth, courgette, screen, sump method, thud, trousers, zoom, zoom in, zoom lens, zooming, zoot suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ズッキーニ (courgette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ucchinizay solidéu (calotte, skull-cap), abobrinha (courgette). (various references) цуккини. (various references) zelene tikvice, tikvica (marrow squash). (various references) calabacín (courgette, marrow). (various references) zucchini, squash (squash, squash rackets). (various references) yeşil kabak, kabak (bald, pumpkin, squash, unripe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zucchini": zucchinis. (additional references) | |
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"Zucchini" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cuccini, Kuchino, Sacchini, Tuchyna, Zecchi, Zucchi, zucchinni, zuccini, zuchini, zuchinni. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zucchini" (pronounced zuwkē"nē) |
| 4 | -k ē" n ē | bikini. |
| 3 | -ē" n ē | Domine, fettuccine, genie, Larine, linguine, maline, martini, Meany, Sweeny, teeny, weeny. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-i-i-n-u-z" | |
-2 letters: unchic, zincic. | |
-3 letters: cinch. | |
-4 letters: chic, chin, huic, inch, unci, zinc. | |
-5 letters: chi, hic, hin, hun, ich, zin. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-h-i-i-n-u-z" | |
+1 letter: zucchinis. | |
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