 Pumpkins at the French Market, New Orleans Image by Infrogmation of New Orleans, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
PumpkinPumpkin Pumpkin Category of culinary winter Cucurbita squashes For other uses, see Pumpkin (disambiguation). A pumpkin is a cultivated winter squash in the genus Cucurbita.[1][2] The term is most commonly applied to round, orange-colored squash varieties, but does not possess a scientific definition. It may be used in reference to many different squashes of varied appearance and belonging to multiple species in the Cucurbita genus.[3] A pile of pumpkins at the French Market in New Orleans, Louisiana A variety of pumpkin cultivars. The central and rightmost orange fruits are Cucurbita pepo, all others are Cucurbita maxima A field of giant pumpkins "Pumpkin" is sometimes used interchangeably with "squash" or "winter squash", and is commonly used for some cultivars of Cucurbita… (Source: Wikipedia)
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