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pumpkin

noun
/ˈpʌmpkɪn/UK/ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/US/ˈpɐmpkɪn/

Etymology

Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.

  1. derived from πέπων
  2. derived from pepō
  3. derived from pompon

Definitions

  1. A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage,…

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

    • 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.

    • 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.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita

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

    2. A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

      • You must be daddy’s little pumpkin.

    3. The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle

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

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Derived

ash pumpkin, Asian pumpkin, blumpkin, bushpumpkin, butternut pumpkin, cherpumple, easy peasy pumpkin peasy, Japanese pumpkin, Jarrahdale pumpkin, pilgrim's pumpkin, pumpkin ash, pumpkin beetle, pumpkin bomb, pumpkin bread, pumpkin bug, pumpkin chunkin', pumpkin chunking, pumpkindom, pumpkineer, pumpkin-faced, pumpking, pumpkin head, pumpkin-headed, pumpkinification, pumpkinish, pumpkin jug, pumpkinless, pumpkinlike, pumpkin-on-a-stick, pumpkin pants, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin-pie spice, pumpkin porridge, pumpkinrita, pumpkinseed, pumpkin seed, pumpkin spice, pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin-spice latte · +12 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pumpkin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA