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pumpkin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pumpkin has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

pumpkinn. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon, L. pepo, peponis, Gr. , properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; -- so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. Cook, n.].
     A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.  [1913 Webster]
Pumpkin seed. (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (Zoöl.) The common pondfish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pumpkin, n.
1 any of various plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp. C. maxima, with large lobed leaves and tendrils.
2 the large rounded yellow fruit of this with a thick rind and edible flesh.

Etymology
alt. f. earlier pompon, pumpion f. obs. F po(m)pon f. L pepo -onis f. Gk pepon large melon: see PEPO
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