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countable and uncountable, plural pumpkins
A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. examples
The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant. quotations examples
There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.
1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
(uncountable) The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant. examples
(Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash. examples
(US) A term of endearment for someone small and cute. quotations examples
You must be daddy’s little pumpkin.
1991, John Prine, Pat McLaughlin (lyrics and music), “Daddy’s Little Pumpkin”, in The Missing Years (album)