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| pump·kin [ púmpkin, púmkin ] (plural pump·kins) |
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1. large orange fruit: a round large fruit with a thick orange-skinned rind, dry flesh, and many seeds, cooked and eaten as a vegetable or in sweet dishes
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2. plant that pumpkins grow on: the trailing or climbing plant that produces pumpkins. Genus Cucurbita.
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| [Late 17th century. Alteration of obsolete pumpion, via obsolete French pompon, popon< Latin pepon-, pepo "pumpkin, large melon" < Greek pepōn, literally "ripe"] |
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