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The latin word for pumpkin is cucurbita.

The scientific names of different species of pumpkins include:

  1. Cucurbita pepo
  2. Cucurbita mixta
  3. Cucurbita maxima
  4. Cucurbita moschata.

Genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae

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