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Grapevine vs Pumpkin - What's the difference?

grapevine | pumpkin |

As nouns the difference between grapevine and pumpkin

is that grapevine is the plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow while pumpkin is a domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

grapevine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The plant, a vine of genus Vitis , on which grapes grow.
  • :
  • A rumor.
  • An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
  • :
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
  • (lb) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
  • Synonyms

    * (informal person-to-person means of circulating information) bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, rumor mill

    Derived terms

    * grapevine knot * grapevine moth * grapevine weevil * hear something through the grapevine

    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