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) Zool. The common pondfish.
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