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marrow
noun
    1. The soft tissue that fills the internal cavities of bones.
      Form: bone marrow (also)
    2a. An annual plant with large prickly leaves, native to tropical America but cultivated worldwide for its large, oblong, edible fruit;
      Form: vegetable marrow (also)
    2b. The fruit of this plant which has a thick, green or striped skin, and soft white flesh, and is cooked as a vegetable.
      Form: vegetable marrow (also)
    3. The innermost, essential or best part of anything.
      Thesaurus: essence, quintessence, heart, core, kernel, pith, quick, soul, nucleus.
Derivative: marrowy
adj
    Idiom: to the marrow
      Right through.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon mærg.



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