marrow
Significado
- The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
- A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
- The pith of certain plants.
- The essence; the best part.
- Inner meaning or purpose.
- (colloquial) Bone marrow biopsy.
- (obsolete) (uncountable) Semen.
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈmæɹəʊ/
Etimoloxía
From Middle English mary, marow, marwe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare West Frisian moarch, Dutch merg, German Mark, Swedish märg, Icelandic mergur, and also Russian мозг (mozg, “brain”), Polish mózg (“brain”), Persian مغز (mağz, “brain”). Doublet of maghaz.
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