pepino

[ puh-pee-noh ]

noun

, plural pe·pi·nos.

1. a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
2. Also called melon pear, a Peruvian plant, Solanum muricatum, of the nightshade family, having spiny foliage, bright blue flowers, and edible purple, egg-shaped fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pepino¹

1895–1900; < Spanish: cucumber, ultimately < Latin pepō; pepo, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

The Pepino (a cucurbitacea) is grown in great abundance in the fields.

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By the natives the pepino is, and not altogether unreasonably, believed to be injurious.

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She and her husband were prodigious gluttons, and Pepino was eventually deposed from his rank on account of his lawless appetite.

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What would she have experienced had she known the late Princess Nicoletta, Pepino's mother?

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When My Lady had called Pepino to throw a bucket of water over the designs and freshen them up, their brilliance was startling.

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