Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as pumpion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See pumpion.

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  • noun Alternative form of pumpion.

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Examples

  • 'Yes,' he said, 'the pompion is a good vegetable, and an excellent succedaneum to the cabbage, in the latter part of the winter.'

    Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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