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Meanings of Cucurbita pepo in English

Portuguese
cabaceiro-amargoso
Catalan
carabassera

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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        cabaceiro-amargoso
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        Examples for "pumpkin"
        Examples for "pumpkin"
        1
        When looking for a pumpkin the rule is: the smaller the better.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Add the prepared pumpkin and parsley and cover with stock or water.
        Radio NZ
        3
        My kids just brought home a beautiful pumpkin, but you know what?
        The Irish Times
        4
        The caramelised pumpkin seeds are a great recipe in their own right.
        The Guardian
        5
        A shortage of free-range, gluten-free pumpkin ale at the local tap house?
        Ebony
        1
        The rhekaro's whole small body was withered like a pumpkin vine after a frost.
        The White Road
        2
        So she questioned him and worried him till he told her that his life lay in a certain pumpkin vine.
        Folklore of the Santal Parganas
        3
        From her head grew the pumpkin vine; from her breast, the maize; from her limbs, the bean and other useful esculents.
        American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the West...
        4
        Dickie tried to slip out of sight under a pumpkin vine that grew between the rows; but Fatty Coon saw him before he could hide.
        The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse
        5
        This was on a branch of a stream having, I am sorry to say, the prosaic name of Pumpkin Vine Creek.
        The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
        1
        Here's another suggestion, a bread to truly celebrate the autumn pumpkin harvest.
        The Irish Times
        2
        What man would not prefer the gentle radiance of flaxen or the rich gloss of ebony to the hues of autumn pumpkins?
        Seduced by a highlander
        Usage of Cucurbita pepo in English
        1
        Two other plants, the Cucurbita pepo squash and little barley, appear to have been consumed, though evidence of their domestication is not as clear.
        Wired
        Translations for Cucurbita pepo