Meaning | 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. |
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Synonyms | pumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin |
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Member of | Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita | type genus of the Cucurbitaceae |
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Parts | pumpkin | usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn |
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pumpkin seed | The edible seed of a pumpkin |
Broader | squash, squash vine | Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits |
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Spanish | ayote, calabacera, calabaza |
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Catalan | carabassera, carbassera |
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