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gramma

Noun

gramma (plural grammas)

(informal) grandmother

Noun

gramma (plural grammas)

(Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
- 1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nxFOAAAAYAAJ&q=%22gramma%22|%22grammas%22+pumpkin+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22gramma%22|%22grammas%22+pumpkin+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CHJoT5TZDYGRiQf-h7WWCg&redir_esc=y page 238],
  Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
- 1952, Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0yVBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22gramma%22|%22grammas%22+pumpkin+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22gramma%22|%22grammas%22+pumpkin+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0HloT9qdFOOviQer_6inCg&redir_esc=y page 151],
  The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata) and is classed as a gramma.
- 1983, Margaret Fulton, Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, Revised 2005, Republished 2009, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_7htaF75nJ4C&pg=PA493&dq=%22gramma%22|%22grammas%22+pumpkin+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7HZoT8aTIeOXiQerpaCpCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gramma%22|%22grammas%22%20pumpkin%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 493],
  Gramma, or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.

Synonyms

(Cucurbita moschata cultivar) bugle pumpkin, butternut squash, papaw pumpkin

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