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pumpkin

[ US /ˈpəmkɪn, ˈpəmpkɪn/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌmpkɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
  2. 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
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  • But that means there will be a lot of pumpkin flesh left over - and it shouldn't go to waste. The Sun
  • Even with my eyes closed, lying face down on the ground, all I could see was orange pumpkins.
  • Lune-atic Yipsie comes with skin and shape with red horns ,..with and without candles red hair,..with and without flowers and bats with her bodytied skinsuit and her rats around her neck she can be found being lune-ing around touch pumpkin on table for lune-atic yipsie move Archive 2008-11-01
  • Details: Ninety-eight percent of the forage in the New River is crayfish, and Green Pumpkin best matches their molted color. Favorite Lures of the Smallmouth Guides
  • The book devotes 30 pages to cucurbits, from giant pumpkins through marrows, zucchinis and cucumbers to back-scratching loofahs.
  • This party seemed more tailored to a grown-up clique, so I did what all out-of-place people do, I ate all of their pumpkin pie and left early.
  • At another time it might have been a pretty journey, the hills just turning the colors of pumpkin and hay and pomegranate and the skies depthless and clear, but now everywhere one looked most of the trees had been felled for fuel and there was only a hazy, oppressive brightness refracted from the shorn hillsides. Excerpt: The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee
  • After six weeks, the ducks can be fed entirely on locally produced feed-sweet potatoes, taro, banana, pumpkin, choko, etc. 28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture
  • The other squash we know and like is pumpkin, a winter squash used almost exclusively for pie in our country and to a lesser extent for baked goods such as breads, cakes and cookies.
  • This pumpkin chiffon cake is one of my favorite alternatives to pumpkin pie. Baking Bites » Print » Pumpkin Chiffon Cake
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