The zucchini, courgette or baby marrow 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.
Image: CSA Striped Zucchini
Image: Zucchini Whole
Golden zucchini grown in the Netherlands for sale in a supermarket in Montpellier, France, in April 2013
Flower of zucchini
Australian English is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language and de facto national language; while Australia has no official language, English is the first language of the majority of the population, and has been entrenched as the de facto national language since British settlement, being the only language spoken in the home for 72% of Australians. It is also the main language used in compulsory education, as well as federal, state and territorial legislatures and courts.
The First Fleet, which brought the English language to Australia
The Australian gold rushes saw many external influences on the language
Bush poets such as Banjo Paterson captured the Australian vocabulary of the 19th century in their bush ballads