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pumpkin

English

Alternative forms

  • punkin (US, term of endearment)

Etymology

From Middle French pompon, from Latin pep?, from Ancient Greek ????? (pép?n, large melon), from ????? (pép?n, ripe), from ????? (pépt?, ripen). Suffixed with the now obsolete -kin. Doublet of pepo. Or from Wôpanâak pôhpukun (grows forth round).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: p?mp?kin, IPA(key): /?p?mpk?n/
  • Hyphenation: pump?kin

Noun

pumpkin (plural pumpkins)

  1. A domesticated plant, in species 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.
  3. (uncountable) The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
  4. (Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
  5. (US) A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • calabash
  • calabaza
  • gourd
  • marrow
  • squash

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petha

English

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (pe?h?, a winter melon; also, the sweet made from this).

Noun

petha (plural pethas)

  1. A North Indian sweet made out of pieces of winter melon cooked in sugar syrup. Especially famous are pethas from Agra.

Anagrams

  • apeth, hepta-

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