marrow

  • 21marrow — noun a) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells. The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market hall, awaiting purchasers. b) A kind of vegetable like a large… …

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  • 22Marrow — This intriguing and rare name is of early medieval English origin, and is one of that large group of European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were given in the first instances with reference to a… …

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  • 23marrow — n. 1 (in full vegetable marrow) a a large usu. white fleshed edible gourd used as food. b the plant, Cucurbita pepo, yielding this. 2 a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, often taken as typifying vitality. 3 the essential part.… …

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  • 24marrow — noun Marrow is used after these nouns: ↑bone …

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  • 25marrow — I Mawdesley Glossary the other of a pair. II Cleveland Dialect List a fellow, one that is a pair or match to another, of both persons and things: T ane s t very marrow o t ither III North Country (Newcastle) Words or (as sometimes written) marra… …

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  • 26marrow — n.; see bone marrow …

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  • 27marrow — [ˈmærəʊ] noun 1) [C/U] British a large long vegetable that has a dark green skin and is white inside 2) [U] the soft substance inside bones, where blood cells develop Syn: bone marrow …

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  • 28marrow — mar•row [[t]ˈmær oʊ[/t]] n. 1) anat. the soft fatty vascular tissue in the cavities of bones: a major site of blood cell production 2) the inmost or essential part 3) strength; vitality 4) brit. Chiefly Brit. vegetable marrow • Etymology: bef.… …

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  • 29marrow — /ˈmæroʊ / (say maroh) noun 1. a soft, fatty vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones. 2. the inmost or essential part. 3. strength or vitality. 4. rich and nutritious food. 5. the green skinned elongated fruit of a cultivated variety of… …

  • 30marrow — paprastasis agurotis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos vaisinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Cucurbita pepo), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikos pietinėje dalyje, kitur – auginamas. atitikmenys: lot. Cucumis pepo; Cucurbita… …

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