pepo
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pepo
1700–10; < Latin pepō large melon, pumpkin < Greek pépōn, short for pépōn ( síkyos ) ripe (gourd)
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The fruit itself is classified as a pepo, which is a type of berry.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
The Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, was also a fan, describing the pepo as a refrigerant maxime—an extremely cooling food—in his first century encyclopedia, Historia Naturalis.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 21, 2015
Surprisingly, it’s a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata, the species that includes most winter squash, as opposed to C. pepo, which comprises most summer ones.
From Washington Post
Different varieties of the same species replace each other among the kidney beans, lima beans, the chili pepper Capsicum annuum / chinense, and the squash Cucurbita pepo.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
M. Naudin considers these forms as undoubtedly varieties of Cucurbita pepo.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
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