pumpkin Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a coarse vine widely cultivated for its 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
Cucurbita pepo; autumn pumpkin; pumpkin vine.
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noun usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
WordNet
Pump"kin noun
Etymology
For olderDefinitions
(Bot.) A well-known trailing plant ( Cucurbita pepo ) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.