pump·kin /ˈpʌm(p)kən, &dɪvɪdɛ;ˈpʌŋkən/
南瓜
pump·kin /ˈpəm(p)kən/ 名詞
西葫蘆
Pump·kin n. Bot. A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
Pumpkin seed. (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) Zool. The common pondfish.
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pumpkin
n 1: 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 [syn: pumpkin
vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo]
2: usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash
family maturing in late summer or early autumn