- a large, round, orange-yellow, edible fruit with many seeds
- the vine (Cucurbita pepo) of the gourd family on which it grows
- Brit. any of several varieties of squash (Cucurbita moschata and C. maxima)
Origin of pumpkin
altered (infl. by -kin) from pumpion from Middle French pompon from Classical Latin pepo from Classical Greek pep?n, literally , cooked by the sun, ripe (hence a gourd not eaten until ripe), akin to peptein: see pepsin
