autumn pumpkin

autumn pumpkin
noun
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, ↑Cucurbita pepo
Hypernyms: ↑squash, ↑squash vine
Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbita, ↑genus Cucurbita
Part Meronyms: ↑pumpkin, ↑pumpkin seed

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