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pumpkin

[puhmp-kin, puhng-kin] / ˈpʌmp kɪn, ˈpʌŋ kɪn /
NOUN
vegetable
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"And then to give it some crunch, we used pumpkin seeds in there as well."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Heaps of old-fashioned oats, raw coconut flakes, chopped cashews and pumpkin seeds amp up the fiber quotient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

And they plan to open a pumpkin patch for children for Halloween.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Make a pumpkin spice blend that leans heavily on ginger instead of cinnamon, with a flicker of cardamom for warmth.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

She held the paddle in both hands and stirred carefully, because if the pumpkin burned there wouldn’t be any pumpkin pies.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder