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pump·kin
 pumpkin
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- pronunciation:
- puhmp
kihn
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A pumpkin is a large, round fruit that has a hard skin on the outside and has big seeds inside. Pumpkins are usually orange or yellow, and they grow on vines close to the ground. Pumpkins are a fruit, but they are not sweet like most fruits. When we eat pumpkins, we have to cook them. In America, people like to use pumpkins for decoration in the fall and especially around Halloween time.
Noah and his brother like to carve scary faces in their pumpkins at Halloween.Jack likes to eat roasted pumpkin seeds with a little bit of salt.Our family always has pumpkin pie for dessert on Thanksgiving.
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