Meaning & use
pumpkin
A large, round vegetable with thick orange skin and flesh, grown on a vine and often used in pies.
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Every October, the family carves a pumpkin into a grinning jack-o'-lantern for Halloween.
She baked a pumpkin pie spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg for the holiday dinner.
A note on using this word
Pumpkin is botanically a fruit because it develops from a flower and contains seeds, though it is used and cooked like a vegetable.
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