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pe·po  (pp)

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.

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[Latin pep, a kind of melon, from Greek pepn, ripe; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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pepo [ˈpiːpəʊ]

n pl -pos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

[from Latin: pumpkin, from Greek pepōn edible gourd, from peptein to ripen]