pumpkin
Definition
- n. 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
- n. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
Word forms
- Plural
- pumpkins
Example sentences
n.
We carved a pumpkin for Halloween and placed it on our porch.