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pe·po P0177600 (pē′pō)n. pl. pe·pos The fruit of any of various related plants, such as the cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber, squash, pumpkin, and melon, having a hard or leathery rind, fleshy pulp, and numerous flattened seeds.
[Latin pepō, a kind of melon, from Greek pepōn, ripe; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]pepo (ˈpiːpəʊ) n, pl -pos (Plants) 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[C19: from Latin: pumpkin, from Greek pepōn edible gourd, from peptein to ripen]pe•po (ˈpi poʊ)
n., pl. -pos. 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. [1700–10; < Latin pepō large melon, pumpkin < Greek pépōn, short for pépōn (síkyos) ripe (gourd)]
Pepo
pepo[′pē‚pō] (botany) A fleshy indehiscent berry with many seeds and a hard rind; characteristic of the Cucurbitaceae. Pepo the many-seeded fruit of plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes the pumpkin, muskmelon, and watermelon. The placenta is embedded in the nidus. Usually the exocarp is hard, and the mesocarp and endocarp are fleshy. PEPO
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