To save this word, you’ll need to log in. Hosting a fall fair for kids — complete pumpkin leaves face painting and pumpkin decorating — at Vogel Alcove, a Dallas organization providing services for homeless children and families. The street fair hosts an array of activities, including a 5K run, local merchants, live entertainment, costume and pumpkin-carving contests and a costume parade.

Jenna Watson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. This kid-friendly Halloween bash features trick-or-treating around Tower City, pumpkin-carving demonstrations, giveaways, costume contests, character appearances, dancing and more. In one quick snip, her pumpkin-hued ends were gone. Boo at the Zoo, a walking event with family-friendly activities including pumpkin-carving demonstrations, a Trick-or-Treat Trail and more Oct. Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct.

In addition, there will be a touch-a-truck station where kids can see the inside of various vehicles, and there will also be pumpkin decorating, candy, prizes and a costume contest held each hour. Looking for more Halloween pumpkin decorating inspiration? Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. Other activities will include a pumpkin decorating contest, face painting and a live DJ. Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ‘pumpkin. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

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Today, pumpkins of varied species are widely grown for food, as well as for aesthetic and recreational purposes. 17th-century English colonists, shortly after encountering pumpkins upon their arrival in what is now the northeastern United States. English Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, located in present-day Massachusetts. Researchers have noted that the term pumpkin and related terms like ayote and calabaza are applied to a range of winter squash with varying size and shape. The term tropical pumpkin is sometimes used for pumpkin cultivars of the species Cucurbita moschata.

Pumpkin fruits are a type of botanical berry known as a pepo. Characteristics commonly used to define “pumpkin” include smooth and slightly ribbed skin, and deep yellow to orange color. Giant pumpkins can exceed a tonne in mass. You can help by adding to it. The oldest evidence of Cucurbita pepo pumpkin is fragments found in Mexico that are dated between 7,000 and 5,500 BC. Pumpkins are a warm-weather crop that is usually planted by early July in the Northern Hemisphere.