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Webster 1913 Edition
Pumpkin
Pump′kin
,Noun.
[For older ]
pompion
, pompon
, OF. pompon
, L. pepo
, peponis
, Gr. [GREEK], properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; – so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. Cook
, Noun.
(Bot.)
A well-known trailing plant (
Cucurbita pepo
) and its fruit, – used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed
. (a)
The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin
. (b)
(Zool.)
The common pondfish.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pumpkin
PUMP'KIN
,Noun.