pepino

[ puh-pee-noh ]

/ pəˈpi noʊ /

noun, plural pe·pi·nos.

a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.

Also called melon pear, melon shrub. a Peruvian plant, Solanum muricatum, of the nightshade family, having spiny foliage, bright blue flowers, and edible purple, egg-shaped fruit.

Nearby words

pep talk, peperomia, peperoni, pepin, pepin the short, pepino, pepita, peplomer, peplos, peplum, peplus

Origin of pepino

1895–1900; < Spanish: cucumber, ultimately < Latin pepō; see pepo, -ine¹

Examples from the Web for pepino

She and her husband were prodigious gluttons, and Pepino was eventually deposed from his rank on account of his lawless appetite.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur
When My Lady had called Pepino to throw a bucket of water over the designs and freshen them up, their brilliance was startling.
The Admiral|Douglas Sladen
What would she have experienced had she known the late Princess Nicoletta, Pepino's mother?
Cosmopolis, Complete|Paul Bourget
The Pepino (a cucurbitacea) is grown in great abundance in the fields.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

By the natives the pepino is, and not altogether unreasonably, believed to be injurious.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi