16 Responses to “Is pumpkins a fruit or a veggie?”

1. Megs says :
   September 26th, 2008 at 4:27 am

   It’s a fruit because it has seeds.

2. Derek K says :
   September 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

   lol. It’s a fruit. Fruits are supposed to have seeds. So technically, the tomato is a fruit, and the banana is a vegetable.

3. texasfilmsnob says :
   October 1st, 2008 at 10:07 am

   Neither, it’s a gourd.

   Even though other gourds are considered vegetables (squash) pumkins are not classified as either fruit or vegetable.

4. Emanuela says :
   October 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pm

   Pumpkins are often considered as a vegetable even though they are also called a fruit

5. dww32720 says :
   October 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

   Veggie by techanicality

6. [email protected] says :
   October 4th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

   Punkin is a vegetable.

7. wesley a says :
   October 5th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

   It’s in the squash family so it’s a veggie.And to think the other person said fruit because it has seeds.Green beans have seeds are they a fruit?

8. Mike says :
   October 6th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

   I think it is a fruit.

9. nhcoldmoon says :
   October 9th, 2008 at 5:06 am

   squash fruit

10. Just Me says :
    October 12th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    A pumpkin is a squash fruit, most commonly orange in colour when ripe. Pumpkins grow as a gourd from a trailing vine of the genus Cucurbita Cucurbitaceae. Cultivated in North America, continental Europe, India and some other countries, as well as in English cottage gardens, Cucurbita varieties include Curcurbita pepo, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita mixta, or Cucurbita moschata — all plants native to the Western hemisphere. The pumpkin varies greatly in form, being sometimes nearly globular, but more generally oblong or ovoid in shape. The rind is smooth and variable in colour. The larger kinds acquire a weight of 40 to 80 lb (18 to 36 kg) but smaller varieties are in vogue for garden culture. Pumpkins are a popular food, with their insides commonly eaten cooked and served in dishes such as pumpkin pie; the seeds can be roasted as a snack. Pumpkins are traditionally used to carve Jack-o’-lanterns for use as part of Halloween celebrations.

    Botanically it is a fruit, referring to a certain plant part which grows from a flower. However it is widely regarded as a vegetable in culinary terms, referring to how it is eaten.

    Bananas have seeds in them as well and they are fruits..

11. ¡Superdork!© says :
    October 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    pumpkins iz fruit

12. ^^sweety^^ says :
    October 18th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    anything with seeds is a fruit

13. Renate says :
    October 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    Pumkin is a squash and is a fruit.
    )

14. sakurakun_27 says :
    October 22nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    I thought it was a vegetable…

15. meelas says :
    October 25th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    it is fruit.

16. pegasus_1174 says :
    October 26th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    Is it really important? Is the answer going to interfere with the carving? Why worry about it?

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