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pump·kin \÷ˈpəŋkə̇n, ˈpəm(p)kə̇n\ noun or pun·kin \ˈpəŋkə̇n\ (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: alteration (influenced by -kin) of pumpion, pompion, modification of Middle French popon, pompon pumpkin, melon, from Latin pepon-, pepo, from Greek pepōn an edible gourd, from pepōn cooked by sun, ripe, from peptein, pessein to cook, ripen, digest — more at cook 1. a. : any of various usually firm-rinded fruits of vines of the genus Cucurbita that are widely cultivated as a vegetable, for pies, and for livestock feed: (1) : any of numerous usually large rounded and deep yellow to orange fruits produced by plants that are horticultural varieties of the natural species (C. pepo); also : summer squash (2) : a fruit similarly used that is produced by horticultural varieties of the natural species (C. moschata) : a winter crookneck squash : cushaw — called also squash (3) Britain : any of various large-fruited winter squashes that are produced by horticultural varieties of the natural species (C. maxima) b. or pumpkin vine : a plant that bears pumpkins and is usually a strong-growing prickly vine with large lobed leaves and with yellow flowers having erect corolla lobes 2. a. : a lumbering person or body : chump b. : a very important person or place — usually used in plural and chiefly in the phrase some pumpkins < a man of learning is supposed to be some pumpkins — J.F.Dobie > 3. : a strong orange that is lighter than mandarin orange, redder, less strong, and slightly darker than Princeton orange, redder and duller than cadmium orange, and redder and deeper than cadmium yellow |