Pepo definition
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.
noun
Any fleshy gourd fruit with a hard rind and many seeds, as the melon or squash.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
pepo
Plural:
peposOrigin of pepo
- Latin pepō a kind of melon from Greek pepōn ripe pekw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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