Emily Dickinson Lexicon

pumpkin (-s), n. [Altered form of pumion < Fr. pompon < L. pepo < Gk πέπων, large melon, pumpkin.]

1. Large pulpy fruit of the squash family harvested in fall; round, deep-orange vegetable which ripens in autumn. (1407/1419)
2. [Fig.] fruit; crop; yield; harvest; product.