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marrow(1) (iou)



marrow noun1.

The soft vascular fatty substance in the cavities of bones (also bone marrow); this as the type of vitality and strength or (freq. with biblical allusion) of rich and nutritious food. OE.
The pith of a plant; the pulp of a fruit. OE-L18.
The substance of the spinal cord. Now always spinal marrow. LME.
The vital or essential part, = GOODNESS 4; the inmost or central part. Freq. with the. LME.
In full vegetable marrow. The long cylindrical green, white, or striped fruit of a kind of gourd, Cucurbita pepo, eaten as a vegetable; the plant producing this, a trailing annual with deep yellow flowers. E19.
Phrases: to the marrow right through, to the centre of one's being.
Comb.: marrow pudding: made with beef or vegetable marrow; marrow squash N. Amer. a vegetable marrow; marrow-stem (kale) a coarse kind of kale grown esp. in Australia and New Zealand as fodder.
marrowed adjective full of marrow ME.
marrowy adjective full of marrow; of the nature of marrow: LME.