pumpkin

Noun

• usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

• a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes

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• Synonyms: 
  pumpkin vine , autumn pumpkin , Cucurbita pepo