Meaning of PUMPKIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'pumpkin
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- [n] usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
- [n] 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, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin vine |
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| | See Also: | | autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita, Cucurbita pepo, genus Cucurbita, pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin seed, pumpkin vine, squash, squash vine, vegetable, veggie | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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["o]l.) The common pondfish.
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| | Definition: | | A humourous term for the token - the object (notional or real) that gives its possessor (the "pumpking" or the "pumpkineer") exclusive access to something, e.g. applying patches to a master copy of source (for which the pumpkin is called a "patch pumpkin"). Chip Salzenberg <[email protected]> wrote: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin". |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a pumpkin in your dream, implies openness and your receptiveness to new ideas and experiences. A pumpkin is also symbolic of the female sexuality. Alternatively, it may relate to the popular fairy tale of Cinderella where a carriage turns back into a pumpkin. In this regard, it may represent some situation in which time is running out. |
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