Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin vine

See Also: autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita, Cucurbita pepo, genus Cucurbita, pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin seed, pumpkin vine, squash, squash vine, vegetable, veggie

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