Category:Pumpkin

Pump"kin, n. Etym: [for older pompion, pompon, of. pompon, l. pepo, Peponis, gr. Cook, n.] (bot.)

Defn: a well-known trailing plant (cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- Used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (zoöl.) The common Pondfish.