marrow
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• noun
The soft, fatty vascular tissue found in the central cavities of bones, responsible for producing blood cells.
"Doctors performed a procedure to extract healthy stem cells from the donor's bone marrow."
The essential or most vital part of something; the innermost core or spirit.
"The bitter, unrelenting winter cold seemed to pierce him right to the marrow."
British A large, elongated, green summer squash, closely related to the zucchini but typically harvested when fully mature.
"She prepared a traditional dish of baked stuffed marrow seasoned with herbs from her garden."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'mearg', descending from Proto-Germanic '*mazgą' and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root '*mosgʰos' meaning 'marrow' or 'brain'.
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