Because it is.
Yes. The pumpkin is part of the squash family. The squash is in deed a vegetable
Yes.
Butternut Squash?????
Pumpkins are a FRUIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-unUrBHYhwU
The botanical name for pumpkin is Cucurbita Pepo.Pumpkin is a kind of squash vegetable.
The pumpkin is most closely related to fruits such as squash, zucchini, and cucumbers as they all belong to the same family, Cucurbitaceae.
Any hard squash. See related questions/answers.
mammoth, bison. corn, squash, beans, pumpkin, melon, fruit.
Neither, all three are individual members of the same Cucurbitaceae family of vine growing plants.
the Pumpkin is a squash, also related to gourds, in the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae . See attached Wikipedia article.the pumpkin gets confused whether it a fruit or veg but like the cucumber and tomato it is a fruit
The 'vegetable Vs fruit' dichotomy is quite arbitrary and has no rational foundation.Is Pumpkin a fruit when made into pumpkin pie.Is Apple a vegetable when it accompanies pork.
They are both from the gourd family, but a pumpkin seed grows a pumpkin and a squash seed grows a squash.