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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Examples for "pumpkin "
Examples for "pumpkin "
1 When looking for a pumpkin the rule is: the smaller the better.
2 Add the prepared pumpkin and parsley and cover with stock or water.
3 My kids just brought home a beautiful pumpkin , but you know what?
4 The caramelised pumpkin seeds are a great recipe in their own right.
5 A shortage of free-range, gluten-free pumpkin ale at the local tap house?
1 The rhekaro's whole small body was withered like a pumpkin vine after a frost.
2 So she questioned him and worried him till he told her that his life lay in a certain pumpkin vine .
3 From her head grew the pumpkin vine ; from her breast, the maize; from her limbs, the bean and other useful esculents.
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.
5 This was on a branch of a stream having, I am sorry to say, the prosaic name of Pumpkin Vine Creek.
1 Here's another suggestion, a bread to truly celebrate the autumn pumpkin harvest.
2 What man would not prefer the gentle radiance of flaxen or the rich gloss of ebony to the hues of autumn pumpkins ?
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.
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