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Pumpkin Vine Railroad — The Coal Branch of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad (the branch also known as the Pumpkin Vine Railroad ) was constructed in 1872 from Bismarck, Illinois, across Warren County, Indiana, across the Wabash River near the river town of… … Wikipedia
pumpkin seed — noun the edible seed of a pumpkin • Hypernyms: ↑edible seed • Part Holonyms: ↑pumpkin, ↑pumpkin vine, ↑autumn pumpkin, ↑Cucurbita pepo … Useful english dictionary
Pumpkin — is a gourd like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds). [http://www.itis.gov Integrated Taxonomic Information System ] ] It is a common name of or can refer to cultivars of any one of the following … Wikipedia
pumpkin — [pump′kin, pum′kin; ] nonstandard [ puŋ′kin] n. [altered (infl. by KIN) < pumpion < MFr pompon < L pepo < Gr pepōn, lit., cooked by the sun, ripe (hence a gourd not eaten until ripe), akin to peptein: see PEPSIN] 1. a large, round,… … English World dictionary
pumpkin — /pump kin/ or, commonly, /pung kin/, n. 1. a large, edible, orange yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family. 2. the similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata. 3. a… … Universalium
pumpkin — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: alteration of earlier pumpion, modification of French popon, pompon melon, pumpkin, from Latin pepon , pepo, from Greek pepōn, from pepōn ripened; akin to Greek pessein to cook, ripen more at cook Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
vine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. climber, creeper, runner, twiner, tendril, vinelet; liana, bine, stem, shoot; grapevine, ivy, wisteria, etc. See vegetable, agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. creeper, climbing plant, creeping plant … English dictionary for students
pumpkin — pump·kin pəm(p) kən n the usu. round orange fruit of a vine (Cucurbita pepo) of the gourd family that is widely cultivated as food and is the source of pepo * * * pump·kin (pumpґkin) an annual vine Cucurbita pepo, that produces large, orange… … Medical dictionary
pumpkin — pump·kin || pÊŒmpkɪn n. large yellow orange fruit with tough skin and soft thick flesh; vine that produces this fruit … English contemporary dictionary
pumpkin — pump•kin [[t]ˈpʌmp kɪn[/t]] or, commonly, [[t]ˈpʌŋ kɪn[/t]] n. 1) bot (boi pln) a large, edible, orange yellow fruit borne by a coarse decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family 2) bot (boi pln) the similar fruit of any of several… … From formal English to slang
