wild pumpkin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wild pumpkin
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Pumpkins have come a long way since then, as Indigenous American communities carefully adapted the wild pumpkin into successively bigger and better-tasting varieties.
From Salon
I used to go out on my pony to follow and watch the flock at feed, and wondered at their partiality for the bitter-tasting seeds of the wild pumpkin.
From Project Gutenberg
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