/ ˈpʌmpkɪn; NAmE / noun
[ U , C ] a large round vegetable with thick orange skin. The seeds can be dried and eaten and the soft flesh can be cooked as a vegetable or in sweet pies :
Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dish served on Thanksgiving.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: alteration of earlier pumpion , from obsolete French pompon , via Latin from Greek pepōn large melon (from pepōn sikuos ripe gourd).