单词 | pumpkin |
释义 | pumpkin /pump"kin/ or, commonly, /pung"kin/, n. 1. a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family. 2. the similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata. 3. a plant bearing such fruit. [1640-50; alter. of pumpion (see -KIN), var. of pompon < MF, nasalized var. of popon melon, earlier pepon < L pepon- (s. of pepo) < Gk pépon kind of melon] |
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