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Pumpkin vs Gramma - What's the difference?

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In australia terms the difference between pumpkin and gramma

is that pumpkin is any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash while gramma is a variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

As nouns the difference between pumpkin and gramma

is that pumpkin is a domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon while gramma is a variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

pumpkin

English

(wikipedia 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

    gramma

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata .
    • Traditionally ''Cucurbita maxima'' and ''Cucurbita moschata'' have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
  • * 1941 , H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook , Volume 1, page 238,
    • Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
  • * 1952 , Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates , page 151,
    • The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata ) and is classed as a gramma .
  • * 1983 , , Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z , Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493,
    • Gramma , or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
  • (informal) grandmother

    • Synonyms

    * (Cucurbita moschata cultivar) ----