Gramma vs Granma - What's the difference?
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(Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata .
* 1941 , H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook , Volume 1,
* 1952 , Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates ,
* 1983 , , Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z , Revised 2005, Republished 2009,
(informal) grandmother
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Traditionally ''Cucurbita maxima'' and ''Cucurbita moschata'' have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
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- Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
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- The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata ) and is classed as a gramma .
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- Gramma , or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
