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pumpkin,
common name for the genus Cucurbita 
of the GOURD family, including 
the pumpkins and squashes. 
Although the names are often 
used interchangeably, 
pumpkin, in the U.S., usually refers to
C. pepo and its varieties 
(which also include the summer squashes). 
The most popular of these is a vine 
bearing orange fruits, or pumpkins,
used as pie filling and also carved into
jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween.
Squash usually refers to C. maxima, 
which includes the winter squashes 
(e.g., Hubbard), or C. moschata, 
which includes the cushaws.

from: 
The Concise Comptons Encyclopedia

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