About The Word Pumpkin
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Pumpkin
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What's The Definition Of Pumpkin?
[n] usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
[n] a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes Synonyms | Synonyms for Pumpkin: autumn pumpkin | Cucurbita pepo | pumpkin vine Related Terms | Find terms related to Pumpkin: See Also | autumn pumpkin | Cucurbita | Cucurbita pepo | genus Cucurbita | pumpkin | pumpkin | pumpkin seed | pumpkin vine | squash | squash vine | vegetable | veggie Pumpkin In Webster's Dictionary \Pump"kin\, n. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon,
L. pepo, peponis, Gr. ?, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe,
mellow; -- so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. {Cook},
n.] (Bot.)
A well-known trailing plant ({Cucurbita pepo}) and its fruit,
-- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
{Pumpkin seed}.
(a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The common pondfish.
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