pepo
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
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Among the first was that of Bologna, where pepo began to expound the law in 1075.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsA fourth, pepo rotundus major, added in the edition of 1616, appears to me to be C. maxima.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleIn the drawing of pepo oblongus of Lobel, Icones, 641, the character of the peduncle is clearly defined.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleThe pepo, another indehiscent syncarpous fruit, is illustrated by the fruit of the gourd, melon (fig. 31) and other Cucurbitaceae.
Figure 189 exhibits the effect of light applied alternately above or below the cotyledon of Cucurbita pepo.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 | Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
British Dictionary definitions for pepo
/ (ˈpiːpəʊ) /
the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous plants, such as the melon, squash, cucumber, and pumpkin, having a firm rind, fleshy watery pulp, and numerous seeds
Origin of pepo
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