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The pumpkin's thick shell contains edible seeds and pulp. Pumpkin pie is a traditional part of Thanksgiving meals in Canada and the United States and pumpkins are frequently used as autumnal seasonal decorations and carved as jack-o'-lanterns for decoration around Halloween.
This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes. Common names can differ by location. The varieties included below are members of the following species: C. argyrosperma; C. ficifolia
Pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes, from small enough to fit in your hand to as big as a car. They can be silky smooth, or covered in bumps, or even rough-feeling. And they can be orange, or ...
Cucurbitacins may be a taste deterrent in plants foraged by some animals and in some edible plants preferred by humans, such as cucumbers and zucchinis. [1] In laboratory research, cucurbitacins have cytotoxic properties and are under study for their potential biological activity. [2] [3]
You may put out a pumpkin every October and may even use pumpkin to bake, but there’s plenty more to this fruit — yes, it’s a fruit — that’ll shock you.
Acorns were actually farmed very early in human history, but to make them edible you have to soak them and treat them. Sure, you see animals eat them all the time, but animals also eat tree bark ...
The pumpkins used for jack-o-lanterns are C. pepo, [178] [179] not to be confused with the ones typically used for pumpkin pie in the United States, which are C. moschata. [122] Kew Gardens marked Hallowe’en in 2013 with a display of pumpkins, including a towering pyramid made of many varieties of squash, in the Waterlily House during its ...
“Pumpkins have a lot of amazing health benefits that people probably aren’t aware of,” says Kenneth Bower, Director of Merchandising for Produce, Baldor Specialty Foods. A pumpkin is about ...