5 fun facts about pumpkins
5 Fun Facts About Pumpkins
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? The word ‘pumpkin’ comes from the Greek word, pepon, which means “large melon”
? Pumpkins are actually a fruit (and also a squash)
? The yellow-orange flowers that bloom on the pumpkin vines are also edible.
? Pumpkins originated in Central America
? The latest U.S. record (2019) for the largest pumpkin ever grown weighed in at 2,517.5 pounds by Karl Haist of Clarence Center, New York.
Photo taken by Erin Koval (United States)
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