pumpet

[POMPET.] pump'-ing, pr . par . or a. [PUMP, v.] pumping-engine, s. A steam pump. *pum-pi-ôn, s. [POMPION.] pump-kin, s. [A corrupt. of pompon or pum pion, from Fr. pompon =a pumpion or pumpkin.] [POMPION.] Hort. & Bot.: Cucurbit a pepo , or more loosely leaves, the flowers large, solitary; corolla hardly any gourd akin to it. The pumpkin has rough cut half way down into fine yellow petals; stamens three, inserted low down in the calyx, anthers connate. Itis a native of Astrachan. but is now cultivated throughout India and other parts of the tropics; also in this country. It is raised in the open air. instead of spinach, the fruit is used for soup or The young tender leaves are eaten baked with pears, ., in tarts; or when young is boiled like vegetable marrow. The seeds are considered to be anthelmintic. *pū-mỹ, *pû'-miě, adj. [POMEY.] Large and rounded; pommel-shaped.