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domesticated | pumpkin |

As a adjective domesticated

is {{qualifier|of an animal, especially a pet}} tame, naturalized.

As a verb domesticated

is (domesticate).

As a noun pumpkin is

a domesticated plant, in species cucurbita pepo , similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

domesticated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (domesticate)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • selectively bred to live with or around humans.
  • *
  • Antonyms

    * undomesticated

    pumpkin

    Alternative forms

    * (sense) punkin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo , similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
  • The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
  • * 1904 , , The Marvelous Land of Oz , [http://www.literature.org/authors/baum-l-frank/the-marvelous-land-of-oz/chapter-01.html]:
  • There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.
  • The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
  • (Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita''; ''known in the US as winter squash .
  • (US)
  • * 1991', (John Prine), Pat McLaughlin, ''Daddy’s Little '''Pumpkin'' (song), '' :
  • You must be daddy’s little pumpkin .

    Derived terms

    * pumpkineer * pumpkinification * pumpkinless * pumpkin pie * pumpkinseed

    See also

    * calabash * calabaza * gourd * marrow * squash English affectionate terms