pumpkin — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

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   Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient.

2. The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

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   There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.

3. The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

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   • Uncountable

4. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.

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   • Australia
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5. A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

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   • US usage
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   You must be daddy’s little pumpkin.

6. The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents.

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Noun

1. a 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

   Synonyms

   pumpkin vineautumn pumpkinCucurbita pepo

   Broader terms

   squashsquash vine

2. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

   Broader terms

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