Meaning

noun the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

noun any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

noun very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

originFrom Middle English mary, marow, marwe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare West Frisian moarch, Dutch merg, German Mark, Swedish märg, Icelandic mergur, and also Russian мозг (mozg, “brain”), Polish mózg (“brain”), Ashkun amōźã, Kamkata-viri muč, muj, Waigali muj, Persian مغز (maġz,…

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