Cucurbita pepo
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(noun) a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping 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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Synonyms: autumn pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin vine |
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Related Words: squash, squash vine |
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