HyperDic: pumpkin

English > 2 senses of the word pumpkin:
NOUNplantpumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepoa coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds
foodpumpkinusually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
pumpkin > pronunciation
Soundspah'mkihn; pah'mpkihn
RhymesAdrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn...
English > pumpkin: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningA 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.
Synonymspumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo
Member ofCucurbita, genus Cucurbitatype genus of the Cucurbitaceae
Partspumpkinusually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
pumpkin seedThe edible seed of a pumpkin
Broadersquash, squash vineAny of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
Spanishayote, calabacera, calabaza
Catalancarabassera, carbassera
English > pumpkin: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaningusually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn.
Part ofpumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepoA coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds
Broadervegetable, veggie, vegedible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
Spanishcalabaza
Catalancarbassa

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