Pumpkin

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A round, often large squash with coarse, strongly flavored yellow to orange flesh, numerous seeds, and a moderately hard, usually orange rind.
  • noun. Any of several plants producing these fruits, especially varieties of the species Cucurbita pepo, and also varieties of C. maxima and C. moschata.
  • noun. A moderate to strong orange.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The fruit of a variety of Cucurbita Pepo; also, the plant which produces it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
  • noun. The common pondfish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A domesticated plant, Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
  • noun. The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
  • noun. The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
  • noun. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
  • noun. A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "I use the term pumpkin loosely, as the preferred squash in the Middle East is the similar large turban squash."
    cross-reference
    calabash  calabaza  gourd  marrow  squash  
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    bumpkin  
    Same Context
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    banana  beets  cranberry  cucumber  gourd  
    Synonym
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    pompion