pumpkin

noun6

1. •
   a large round orange fruit with a hard skin, grown to be cooked and eaten
2. •
   (US) A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

   • You must be daddy’s little pumpkin. — 1991
3. •
   A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

   • Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient. — 2023
4. •
   (Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
5. •
   The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.
6. •
   (informal) The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents.