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0 pointscard_zero1mo ago0 comments

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Wiktionary says it was in Old High German a thousand years ago, but defines that word as "pumpkin, squash, melon", which is strange since pumpkins are New World too.

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wiml1mo ago

Squashes are New World, but gourds and melons were grown in the Old World (Wikipedia says brought to Europe during the Roman era).

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0 pointscard_zero1mo ago0 comments

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Wiktionary says it was in Old High German a thousand years ago, but defines that word as "pumpkin, squash, melon", which is strange since pumpkins are New World too.

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wiml1mo ago

Squashes are New World, but gourds and melons were grown in the Old World (Wikipedia says brought to Europe during the Roman era).

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