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Pumpkins are usually orange.

noun

The definition of a pumpkin is a round orange or white fruit filled with seeds that grows on a vine.

An example of a pumpkin is a big orange squash that is carved with a scary face for a Halloween decoration.

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pumpkin

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

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pumpkin

noun

a. A round, often large squash with coarse, strongly flavored yellow to orange flesh, numerous seeds, and a moderately hard, usually orange rind.
b. Any of several plants producing these fruits, especially varieties of the species Cucurbita pepo, and also varieties of C. maxima and C. moschata.
A moderate to strong orange.

Origin of pumpkin

Alteration (influenced by -kin ) of obsolete pumpion from obsolete French pompon, popon from Old French pepon from Late Latin pepōn from Latin watermelon or gourd from Greek ripe, large melon ; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural pumpkins)

A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
(Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
(US) A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

Origin

From Middle French pompon, from Latin pepÅ, from Ancient Greek Ï€ÎÏ€Ï‰Î½ (pepÅn, “large melon"), from Ï€ÎÏ€Ï‰Î½ (pepÅn, “ripe"), from Ï€ÎÏ€Ï„Ï‰ (peptÅ, “ripen").

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