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pepino
[ puh-pee-noh ]
noun
, plural pe·pi·nos.
- a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- 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.
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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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