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Webster 1913 Edition


Pepo


Pe′po

(pē′pō̍)
,
Noun.
[L., a kind of melon, from Gr.
πέπων
.]
(Bot.)
Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See
Gourd
.

Definition 2024


Pepo

Pepo

See also: pepo and pepò

Translingual

Proper noun

Pepo m

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – See Cucurbita.

Derived terms

pepo

pepo

See also: pepò and Pepo

English

Noun

pepo (plural pepos)

  1. A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
  2. A plant producing such a fruit.
    • 1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5‎, page 25
      The Papago claim that their ancient pepo would produce a mature, sweet melon if the ground were wet only once, while the "new" melons would not.

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Esperanto

Noun

pepo (accusative singular pepon, plural pepoj, accusative plural pepojn)

  1. a chirp, peep, twitter
  2. (Internet) a tweet

Related terms

  • pepi (to chirp)

Guaraní

Noun

pepo

  1. wing

Italian

Verb

pepo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pepare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, ripe), from πέπτω (péptō, ripen).

Pronunciation

Noun

pepō m (genitive peponis); third declension

  1. pumpkin, large melon

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pepō peponēs
genitive peponis peponum
dative peponī peponibus
accusative peponem peponēs
ablative pepone peponibus
vocative pepō peponēs

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Swahili

Noun

pepo (n class, plural pepo)

  1. spirit, demon
  2. Paradise (abode of God)

Noun

pepo

  1. plural of upepo