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Noun: wild pumpkin  wI(-u)ld púmp-kin
  1. Perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
    "Wild pumpkins dotted the arid landscape";
    - prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, Missouri gourd, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima

Derived forms: wild pumpkins

Type of: gourd, gourd vine

Part of: Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita

Encyclopedia: Wild pumpkin