1. 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
   "Children carved jack-o'-lanterns from the autumn pumpkins";
   - pumpkin, pumpkin vine, Cucurbita pepo

Derived forms: autumn pumpkins

Type of: squash, squash vine

Part of: Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita