Meaning & use
marrow
The soft, fatty tissue inside bones that produces blood cells; also a large green vegetable related to squash.
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Bone marrow transplants can help treat certain types of blood cancer.
She stuffed the marrow with rice and herbs before baking it.
A note on using this word
In British English, marrow commonly refers to the vegetable, while in medical contexts everywhere it means the tissue inside bones.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A large, elongated green vegetable of the squash family, common in British cooking.
He grew an enormous marrow in the garden this summer.
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