/zooh kee"nee/ , n. , pl. zucchini, zucchinis .
1. a variety of summer squash that is shaped like a cucumber and that has a smooth, dark-green skin.
2. the plant bearing this fruit. Also called, esp. Brit., courgette .
[ 1925-30, Amer.; zucchino, equiv. to zucc ( a ) gourd (see ZUCCHETTO) + -ino dim. suffix ]