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The pumpkin is a member of the squash family, and, though it is treated like a vegetable, it is technically a fruit. The reason a pumpkin is a fruit is because it grows on a vine and contains seeds.


Fruit... but so is tomato a fruit!! :) hope it helped!!
it is vegtable

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10y ago

They are a fruit, used as a culinary vegetable. (Vegetable as a botanical classification is a savory part of a plant.)

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9y ago

Yes it is a fruit because it is a member of the squash family and it has seeds and it grows on a vine.

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10y ago

Pumpkins are used as vegetables but botanically are fruits, the seeds are contained within the skin of the of the pumpkin as with all fruits, although there are a few exeptions

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7y ago

Botanically speaking pumpkins are fruit because fruit are the fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

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13y ago

It is a Frugitable :)

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