pompoen

Definitions of pompoen
  1. noun
    usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
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    type of:
    groente
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  2. noun
    any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
    synonyms: kalebas, kolokwint
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    type of:
    boomgewas, fruit, ooft, vrucht, vruchtlichaam, zaadbol
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
  3. noun
    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
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