American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
- From Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pepōn, "large melon"), from πέπων (pepōn, "ripe"), from πέπτω (peptō, "ripen"). Compare pumpkin. (Wiktionary)
- Latin pepō, a kind of melon, from Greek pepōn, ripe; see pekw- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
“All members of the family bear a fruit called a pepo, which is the edible portion that we call the squash, melon, pumpkin or cucumber.”
“Most cucur-bits produce a particular form of berry called a pepo, with a protective rind and a mass of storage tissue containing many seeds.”
“They “believe in a benevolent deity or supernatural power which they identify with the forest”; it is “regarded as the source of pepo life force and of their whole existence.””
“While most are either maxima, moschata or pepo, the Cushaw is a strain of mixta.”
“= Cucurbita pepo = pumpkin (used for Halloween pumpkins)”
“Swahili - punga pepo, - toa pepo, - lema pepo; Zaramo kuhunga madogoli. back”
“= Cucurbita pepo = pumpkin used for Halloween pumpkins”
“The curcurbitaceae are divided into four subspecies, one of which, the Mexican native curcurbita pepo, includes pumpkins, ornamental squash, acorn squash and summer squash, also known as vegetable marrow.”
“Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds come from the fruits of the New World native Cucurbita pepo, are notable for being deep green with chlorophyll, and for containing no starch, as much as 50% oil, and 35% protein.”
“One of the simplest treatments to help maintain prostate health is to eat a few tablespoons of pumpkin seeds Cucurbita pepo each day.”
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