marrow : Idioms & Phrases


bone marrow

  • noun the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
    marrow.
  • noun very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
    marrow.
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italian vegetable marrow

  • noun squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
    cocozelle.
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Marrow squash

  • noun any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
    marrow; marrow squash.
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  • (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.
Webster 1913

red bone marrow

  • noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
    red bone marrow.
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red marrow

  • noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
    red bone marrow.
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Spinal marrow

  • . (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.
Webster 1913

Vegetable marrow

  • noun any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
    marrow; marrow squash.
  • noun large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
    marrow.
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  • (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin.
Webster 1913

yellow bone marrow

  • noun bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
    yellow bone marrow.
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yellow marrow

  • noun bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
    yellow bone marrow.
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