pumpkin

Meaning

Noun

• A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
• The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
• The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
• Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.

Origin

• From Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων ("large melon"), from πέπων, from πέπτω. Suffixed with the now obsolete -kin. pepo. Or from Wôpanâak pôhpukun.