marrow
• noun 1 Brit. a long gourd with a thin green skin and white flesh, eaten as a vegetable. 2 (also bone marrow) a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced. — PHRASES to the marrow to one’s innermost being. — ORIGIN Old English.
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