Féithleog reatha nó dreaptha atá dúchasach do Mheiriceá is ea puimcín. Is saothróga de speicis i bhfine na Cucurbitaceae iad: de Cucurbita pepo de ghnáth, ach tugtar puimcín ar shaothróga Cucurbita maxima (a bhíonn an-toirt iontu go minic) agus squaiseanna eile chomh maith. Na duilleoga maothánach bosach; na bláthanna fireanna is baineanna timpeall 12.5 cm ar trastomhas, tonnadóirchruthach; na torthaí de ghnáth cruinn, go minic an-mhór an-trom; an craiceann is an bia flannbhuí, rud beag snáithíneach, mórthimpeall ar an iliomad síolta. Saothraítear mar ghlasra é.
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Úsáidtear go minic é chun laindéir Oíche Shamhna nó "Seán na Gealaí" a dhéanamh, trí choinneal a chur sa lár folmhaithe agus aghaidh a shnoí sa chraiceann chun solas na coinnle a ligean amach. Thosaigh an nós seo le tornapaí agus is féidir é a dhéanamh le hanainn freisin. Cuirtear aghaidheanna orthu le péint fosta.[1]
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