You can find me growing in a pumpkin patch, but if you step onto a court with a racket, I become a competitive ball game. What am I?
Squash
The answer relies on homonyms in the English language. Squash is a plant family of vegetables that includes pumpkins, but it is also the name of a fast-paced court sport played with rackets. Connecting the agricultural plant family with the court sport leads to squash.
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