Pumpkin

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Pumpkin
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucurbita spp.
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Species

C. maxima
C. mixta
C. moschata
C. pepo

A pumpkin is a gourd, they are usually orange, but they can also be white. They are shaped like spheres or stretched-out spheres.

Pumpkins can be eaten, and are often turned into pies. Pumpkins can also be used for decoration, like when they are turned into jack-o-lanterns at Halloween.

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