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Definitions for Pumpkin

[1] a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
[2] the similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata.
[3] a plant bearing such fruit.
[4] any of several creeping cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp C. pepo of North America and C. maxima of Europe
[5] the large round fruit of any of these plants, which has a thick orange rind, pulpy flesh, and numerous seeds (as modifier ) pumpkin pie
[6] (often capital) mainly US a term of endearment

Words related to Pumpkin

fruit, squash, vine, gourd, pepo

Words nearby Pumpkin

pump-oxygenator, pumped storage, pumper, pumpernickel, pumping, pumpkin, pumpkin head, pumpking, pumpkinseed, pumpman, pun

Origin of Pumpkin

1640–50; alteration of pumpion (see -kin), variant of pompon < Middle French, nasalized variant of popon melon, earlier pepon < Latin pepōn- (stem of pepō ) < Greek pépōn kind of melon

Word origin for Pumpkin

C17: from earlier pumpion, from Old French pompon, from Latin pepo, from Greek pepōn, from pepōn ripe, from peptein to ripen

Synonyms for Pumpkin

fruit, squash, gourd, jack-o'-lantern, vine, pepo