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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pump•kin /ˈpʌmpkɪn or, commonly, ˈpʌŋkɪn/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya large, edible, orange-yellow fruit that grows on a vine that lies on the ground: [countable]to carve jack-o'-lanterns out of a couple of pumpkins.[uncountable]a pie filled with pumpkin.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pump•kin (pump′kin or, commonly, pung′kin),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
- Plant Biologythe similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata.
- Plant Biologya plant bearing such fruit.
- Greek pépōn kind of melon
- Latin pepōn- (stem of pepō)
- Middle French, nasalized variant of popon melon, earlier pepon
- alteration of pumpion (see -kin), variant of pompon 1640–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pumpkin /ˈpʌmpkɪn/ n - any of several creeping cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp C. pepo of North America and C. maxima of Europe
- the large round fruit of any of these plants, which has a thick orange rind, pulpy flesh, and numerous seeds
- (often capital) chiefly US a term of endearment
Etymology: 17th Century: from earlier pumpion, from Old French pompon, from Latin pepo, from Greek pepōn, from pepōn ripe, from peptein to ripen |