Definitions For Pepo

Noun

PEPO (plural PEPOs) A fruit of plants of the gourd family cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber. A plant producing such a fruit.

Synonyms

fruit gourd, melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumber plant cucurbit

Translations

Finnish: kurkku, meloni, kurpitsa (no single word covering all) Russian: ты́ква, f Tagalog: daykutbunga Finnish: kurkkukasvi Russian: ты́ква, f

Etymology

Borrowed from "large melon", from πέπων, , ripe, from πέπτω, , ripen. Compare {{doublet, notext=1, en, pumpkin}}.

Anagrams

Pope, peop., pope