pumpkin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (US, term of endearment): punkin

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭmpʹkin, IPA: /ˈpʌmpkɪn/, SAMPA: /"pVmpkin/
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[edit] Noun

pumpkin (plural pumpkins)

1. A domesticated plant, Cucurbita pepo similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
2. The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
   • The Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum, [1]:

     There were pumpkins in Mombi's corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.

3. (color/colour) The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant

   pumpkin colour:

4. (US) A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
   • John Prine, Daddy's Little Pumpkin: You must be daddy's little pumpkin

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• calabash
• calabaza
• gourd
• marrow
• squash