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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mar·row n.
 1. Anat. The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla.  In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
 2. The essence; the best part.
 It takes from our achievements . . .
 The pith and marrow of our attribute.   --Shak.
 3.  One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.]
 Chopping and changing I can not commend,
 With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end.   --Tusser.
 Marrow squash Bot., a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.
 Spinal marrow. Anat. See Spinal cord, under Spinal.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 marrow squash
      n : any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit
          with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn: marrow,
           vegetable marrow]