Pumpkin or squash Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
2. bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PUMPKIN (noun)
1. a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
2. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
SQUASH (verb)
1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
SQUASH (noun)
1. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
2. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

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