ETYM Latin cucurbita a gourd: cf. French cucurbite. Related to Gourd.
Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.

ETYM For older pompion, pompon, Old Fren. pompon, Latin pepo, peponis, from Greek pessein to cook. Related to Cook.
1. 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.
2. Usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn.
3. Gourd Cucurbita pepo of the family Cucurbitaceae. The large, spherical fruit has a thick, orange rind, pulpy flesh, and many seeds. + prikaži više