no
Pumpkin comes from a pumpkin vine and grows on the ground
No...a pumpkin grows on a vine--on the ground.
The bugs will invade and the pumpkin, and maybe the vine, will be eaten/rot away.
A pumpkin is a vine that bears fruit.
It is grown on a vine which is a plant. Is that living?
Botanically a pumpkin is a fruit that grows on a vine. It's considered a vegetable in the culinary sence.
No it grows on a vine on the ground similar to a watermelon or pumpkin.
Yes. Watermelons grow on vines.
Neither, all three are individual members of the same Cucurbitaceae family of vine growing plants.
Slimy pumpkin is probably not safe to eat. If you have any doubt about it's safety, do not eat it. Figure it out. If a lemon is slimy would you eat it? same with pumpkins.
A pumpkin is the "fruit" that has grown on the vine. It is plain and natural. A jack-o-lantern can be created out of a pumpkin. A pumpkin doesn't have a face or facial features. A jack-o-lantern does.