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Why do people carve pumpkins for Halloween?
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The gourd family: Melons, squashes, and cucumbers
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Fruit or Vegetable? A Quiz
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Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
A scary old jack-o-lantern on black. Halloween pumpkin, trick or treat. Halloween holiday
Quick Quiz: Pumpkin Carving
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Why do people carve pumpkins for Halloween?
Learn how the pumpkin became a symbol of Halloween.
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The gourd family: Melons, squashes, and cucumbers
Learn about melons and gourds of the family Cucurbitaceae and their uses.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Large orange pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) ready for harvest.
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pumpkin patch
Ripening pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo) on the vine.
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pumpkin pie
A slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream.
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pumpkin seeds
Roasted pumpkin seeds.
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Pumpkins (Cucurbita).
Walter Chandoha
pumpkin patch
Pumpkin patch in Napa Valley, California.
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Halloween: jack-o'-lantern
A pumpkin carved for Halloween.
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