noun
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the seed of the pumpkin
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a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, with brightly coloured markings: family Centrarchidae
Etymology
Origin of pumpkinseed
Example Sentences
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The carrots with carrot tops and a pumpkinseed sauce may remind you of the kinds of things Jeremy Fox puts together at Rustic Canyon, but with a hit of Mexican soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2017
The crisp lentil and rice crepe, thin as newsprint but far more delicious, was stuffed with a pumpkinseed chutney and sautéed greens.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017
A model of tenderness, the coiled octopus rests on a pumpkinseed sauce the color of milk chocolate.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017
Black bass are good on pumpkinseed JDC curl tail grubs on jigheads, Texas rigged watermelon Scoundrel worms, and blue back Fat Free Shads along ledges and points in 10-25 feet.
From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2016
I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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