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Cucurbita pepo

DEFINITIONS OF: Cucurbita pepo

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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

Synonyms:
autumn pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin vine
Type of:
squash, squash vine
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
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