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means The flat, oval seed found inside a pumpkin, edible and often roasted with salt for a crunchy snack (also called a pepita when hulled).

from Pumpkin itself traces back through French 'pompon' to Greek 'pepon,' meaning 'melon' or literally 'cooked by the sun' — so the word's roots are about ripeness, not seeds at all. 'Seed' is plain Old English 'sæd,' tied to the verb 'sow.' The two words simply got stuck together once Americans started roasting what they'd otherwise have thrown out with the guts.