Squashes and pumpkins

thumb|upright=1.4|A pile of pumpkins at the French Market in New Orleans, Louisiana thumb|upright=1.4|A variety of pumpkin cultivars. The central and rightmost orange fruits are Cucurbita pepo, all others are [[Cucurbita maxima]] thumb|upright=1.4|A field of giant pumpkins

is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and seeds. They are variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd, depending on species, variety, and local parlance. Other kinds of gourd, also called bottle-gourds, are native to Africa and belong to the genus Lagenaria, which is in the same family and subfamily as Cucurbita, but in a different tribe; their young fruits are eaten much like those of the Cucurbita species.

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Zucchini ( ; or zucchinis; in Australia and North America), courgette ( ; in France and Britain), or '''Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica' is a summer squash, a vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and epicarp (rind) are still soft and edible. It is closely related, but not identical, to the marrow; its fruit may be called marrow'' when mature.thumb|Golden zucchini grown in the Netherlands for sale in a supermarket in Montpellier, France, in April 2013

family of winter squash

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thumb|A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a [[candle]] thumb|A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

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seeds of pumpkins and similar curcurbits

group of cultivars of squash

cultivar of winter squash

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thumb|A whole kabocha squashthumb|A hybrid "Sunshine" kabocha Kabocha (; from Japanese , ) is a type of winter squash, a Japanese variety of the species Cucurbita maxima. It is also called kabocha squash or Japanese pumpkin in North America. In Japan, may refer to either this squash, to the Western pumpkin, or indeed to other squashes. In Australia, "Japanese pumpkin" is a synonym of Kent pumpkin, a variety of winter squash (C. moschata).

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squash harvested and eaten in mature fruit stage; skin hardened into tough rind

type of winter squash

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Aehobak (), also called Korean zucchini or Korean courgette, is an edible, green to yellow-green summer squash. Although nearly all summer squashes are varieties of Cucurbita pepo, aehobak belongs to the species Cucurbita moschata. Commonly used in Korean cuisine, an has the shape of zucchini, but with thinner, smoother skin, and more delicate flesh. It is usually sold in shrink-wrapped plastic.

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thumb|A slab of modern sütésálló lekvár '''''' (Hungarian for 'Hitler bacon'), known in the modern day as '''''' ('ovenproof jam'), is a dense fruit jam that originated in the Kingdom of Hungary during World War II. It was sold in brick shaped blocks held in a piece of paper, and was sliced like . Soldiers kept it in a case and it could be cooked with other foods. In the modern day, is often sold in small portion cups. The term itself is considered slang and defined as something like 'tough fruit'.

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squashes harvested when immature; rind tender and edible

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Miniature winter squash

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