This article is about the vegetable. For other uses, see Zucchini (disambiguation).
In cookery, it is treated as a vegetable, usually cooked and eaten as an accompaniment or savory dish, though occasionally used in sweeter cooking.
A 1928 report on vegetables grown in New York State treats ‘Zucchini’ as one among 60 cultivated varieties of C. pepo.
In France, zucchini is a key ingredient in ratatouille, a stew of summer vegetable-fruits and vegetables prepared in olive oil and cooked for an extended time over low heat.
In 2005, a poll of 2,000 people revealed it to be Britain’s 10th favorite culinary vegetable.
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: a usually herbaceous plant (such as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal
also : such an edible part
A courgette isn’t a culinary vegetable.
I might as well argue I have direct physical evidence that Bigfoot exists, because my friend Steve has big feet so he’s clearly a sasquatch.
You clearly didn’t bother to read anything I wrote (or you completely lack reading comprehension), but I’ll give it one more shot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchini
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vegetable
Fake news.