Pumpkin vs Handkerchief - What's the difference?
pumpkin | handkerchief |
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]:
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), '' :
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
As nouns the difference between pumpkin and handkerchief
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 handkerchief is a piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.pumpkin
English
(wikipedia pumpkin)Alternative forms
* (sense) punkinNoun
(en noun)- 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.
- You must be daddy’s little pumpkin .
Derived terms
* pumpkineer * pumpkinification * pumpkinless * pumpkin pie * pumpkinseedSee also
* calabash * calabaza * gourd * marrow * squash English affectionate termshandkerchief
English
(wikipedia handkerchief)Alternative forms
* handkercher (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.}}
