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Meanings of pumpkin 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
        Catalan
        carabassa de pelegrí

        Heraldic figure.

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              carabassa de pelegrí

              A squash fruit of the Cucurbita genus, most commonly orange in colour when ripe and traditionally used during Halloween.

                    Usage of pumpkin in English
                    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
                    6
                    He looked as round and fat as a pumpkin in the sky.
                    Seven O'Clock Stories
                    7
                    In it, he interrupts an 8-year-old's victory speech at a pumpkin competition.
                    Ebony
                    8
                    Put the pumpkin into a broad pan laying the sugar among it.
                    Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, by Miss ...
                    9
                    Place the pumpkin on the lined tray and drizzle with olive oil.
                    The South African
                    10
                    The twelve-hour pumpkin option suited me fine, and I told him so.
                    One of our Thursdays is missing
                    11
                    Be sure to choose brightly coloured mature pumpkin with a firm texture.
                    Radio NZ
                    12
                    Everybody toasted me with their pumpkin juice and wished me good luck.
                    James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
                    13
                    Stew pumpkin as for pies, put while hot in cans and seal.
                    Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) / How to Cook and Us...
                    14
                    Yes, you just get pumpkin goo out the end of the gun.
                    Wired
                    15
                    Cover the crust thickly with thinly-sliced, uncooked pumpkin, cut in inch lengths.
                    Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit A...
                    16
                    Light came from pumpkin-sized globes attached at intervals to the overhead stonework.
                    The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
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                    South Africa
                    Common
                    New Zealand
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common
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