Cucurbita pepo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cucurbita pepo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Cucurbita pepo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cucurbita pepo n a coarse vine widely cultivated for its 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 Synonym(s): pumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crookneck \Crook"neck`\, n. Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The {summer crookneck} is botanically a variety of the pumpkin ({Cucurbita pepo}) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The {winter crookneck} belongs to a distinct species ({C. moschata}) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pumpkin \Pump"kin\, n. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon, L. pepo, peponis, Gr. [?], properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; -- so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. {Cook}, 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) (Zo[94]l.) The common pondfish.