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‖ pepo Bot.|ˈpiːpəʊ|
[mod. Bot. use of L. pepo, -onem pumpkin, a. Gr. πέπων, short for πέπων σίκυος a gourd eaten when ripe, f. πέπων adj. ripened, ripe, mellow.]
An inferior fleshy fruit, with numerous seeds attached to parietal placentæ, and a firm rind chiefly derived from the calyx; characteristic of the Cucurbitaceæ, as the gourd, melon, cucumber, etc.
[1706Phillips, Pepo, the Pumpion, a large kind of Melon.] 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 323 The Pepo is an inferior, one- or spuriously three-celled, many-seeded, fleshy or pulpy fruit. 1880Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 258 The fruit..consists of a globular pepo, about the size of an orange. |