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pumpkin

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This is the sort of scientific illiteracy that lets people like Food Babe scaremonger over what's in a pumpkin spice latte.

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Quick take

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pumpkin gathered in one view.

noun

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

noun

A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

noun

(uncountable) The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pumpkin.

Example sentences

1

This is the sort of scientific illiteracy that lets people like Food Babe scaremonger over what's in a pumpkin spice latte.

2

Yeah I think of that as a cabbage or pumpkin something (which is kind of weird but meh).

3

A bit off topic, but what I really liked was that little pumpkin pie that you baked.

4

I got forwarded to Goatse (pumpkin-style!) Someone's in the public room dropping in redirects testing those out for sure.

5

I'll take another stab at it in November -- no killing the magic pumpkin before Halloween.

6

Remind me why one guy selling crappy plastic tridents, witch masks and pumpkin shaped buckets deserves to get all that traffic and the other guys don't?

7

Sweet potatoes are more akin to pumpkin than to ordinary potatoes, I think.

8

If we're looking to pumpkin chucking as inspiration, the pneumatic cannons are a better bet, as they generally perform better than the catapults/trebuchets.

9

Chucky 3 can throw a 4kg pumpkin at 1.1km.

10

Great Pumpkin above please give me runway.

11

Rest assured, though, the levels we are discussing here will have zero effect on Starbucks' ability or desire to bring us new pumpkin vanilla spice lattes every winter season.

12

> I really liked was that little pumpkin pie that you baked.

Quote examples

1

InBev produced a Budweiser Super Bowl commercial slamming craft beer, particularly a "pumpkin peach" beer, just a week after they bought a craft brewer that makes a pumpkin peach beer.

2

Edit: I didn't realize this, but apparently "pumpkin bombs" were dropped on Yokkaichi City in preparation for the atomic bombing of Japan.

3

"Hey pumpkin, I need to borrow your phone for a second".

Proper noun examples

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Pumpkin pie would probably be a better candidate as an iconic American dish, since pumpkins are at least native to North America.

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Pumpkin pie is good, but I do favor Apple.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use pumpkin in a sentence?

This is the sort of scientific illiteracy that lets people like Food Babe scaremonger over what's in a pumpkin spice latte.

What does pumpkin mean?

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

What part of speech is pumpkin?

pumpkin is commonly used as noun.