| NOUN | body | marrow, bone marrow | the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones |
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| plant | marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow | any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | |
| food | marrow, bone marrow | very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones | |
| food | marrow, vegetable marrow | large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins | |
| cognition | marrow, kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| Sounds | meh'row | |
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| Rhymes | Afro ... zero: 75 rhymes with row... | |
| Meaning | The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones. | |
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| Synonym | bone marrow | |
| Part of | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| immune system | A system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign / foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response | |
| Narrower | red marrow, red bone marrow | bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells |
| yellow marrow, yellow bone marrow | bone marrow that is yellow with fat | |
| Broader | connective tissue | tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells |
| Spanish | médula, meollo, tuétano | |
| Catalan | medul·la, medul·la òssia, moll | |
| Adjectives | medullary | containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow |
| Meaning | Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh. | |
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| Synonyms | marrow squash, vegetable marrow | |
| Parts | marrow, vegetable marrow | large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins |
| Narrower | cocozelle, Italian vegetable marrow | squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow |
| zucchini, courgette | marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | |
| Broader | summer squash, summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepo | Any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden |
| Spanish | calabacín, calabaza | |
| Meaning | Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones. | |
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| Synonym | bone marrow | |
| Part of | marrowbone | A bone containing edible marrow |
| Broader | dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat | Something considered choice to eat |
| Meaning | large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins. | |
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| Synonym | vegetable marrow | |
| Part of | marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow | Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh |
| Broader | summer squash | Any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer |
| Spanish | calabacín grande, calabaza | |
| Catalan | carbassó | |
| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. | |
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| Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | |
| Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
| hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | |
| quiddity, haecceity | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | |
| quintessence | The purest and most concentrated essence of something | |
| stuff | A critically important or characteristic component | |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
| Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia | |
| Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància | |
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