noun
- 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.
- synonyms: pumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin
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