Zucchini vs. Aubergine — What's the Difference?

The zucchini ( (listen); plural: zucchini or zucchinis), courgette (; plural: courgettes) or baby marrow (Cucurbita pepo) is a summer squash, a vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and epicarp (rind) are still soft and edible. It is closely related, but not identical, to the marrow; its fruit may be called marrow when mature.

The purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable.

A variety of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) having an elongated shape and a smooth, thin, dark green rind.

The large plant of the nightshade family which bears aubergines.

A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.

See eggplant.

The edible fruit of this variety of squash.

(British) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small

(British) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green

(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow