Cucurbita pepo
n 1: 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 [syn: {pumpkin}, {pumpkin vine},
{autumn pumpkin}, {Cucurbita pepo}]
Pumpkin \Pump"kin\, n. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon,
L. pepo, peponis, Gr. ?, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe,
mellow; -- so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. {Cook},
n.] (Bot.)
A well-known trailing plant ({Cucurbita pepo}) and its fruit,
-- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
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{Pumpkin seed}.
(a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin.
(b) (Zool.) The common pondfish.
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crookneck \crook"neck`\, n.
Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their
tapering, recurved necks. The {summer crookneck} is
botanically a variety of the pumpkin ({Cucurbita pepo}) and
matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with
warty excrescences. The {winter crookneck} belongs to a
distinct species ({Cucurbita moschata}) and is smooth and
often striped. [U. S.]
Syn: crookneck squash.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]