pepo
[pee-poh]
- 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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Origin of pepo
1700–10; < Latin pepō large melon, pumpkin < Greek pépōn, short for pépōn (síkyos) ripe (gourd)
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The fruit of the papaw resembles the pepo, but the calyx is not superior.
Among the first was that of Bologna, where Pepo began to expound the law in 1075.
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The three carpels forming the pepo are separated by partitions.
M. Naudin considers these forms as undoubtedly varieties of Cucurbita pepo.
The fruit is a fleshy many-seeded berry with a tough rind (known as a pepo), and often attains considerable size.
pepo
- 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
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin: pumpkin, from Greek pepōn edible gourd, from peptein to ripen
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