"pepo" meaning in English

See pepo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpiː.pəʊ/ [UK], /ˈpi.poʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-pepo.ogg [US], fixed en-uk-pepo.ogg [UK] Forms: pepos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Compare pumpkin. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pekʷ-}}, {{bor|en|la|pepō}} Latin pepō, {{der|en|grc|πέπων||large melon}} Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), {{m|grc|πέπων||ripe}} πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), {{m|grc|πέπτω||ripen}} πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”), {{doublet|en|pumpkin|notext=1}} pumpkin Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (lifeform): Cucurbitas, Fruits
    Sense id: en-pepo-en-noun-4nwQocux Disambiguation of Cucurbitas: 49 51 Disambiguation of Fruits: 50 50
  2. A plant producing such a fruit. Categories (lifeform): Cucurbitas, Fruits Synonyms (fruit): gourd, melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumber Synonyms (plant): cucurbit Translations (kind of fruit): peponedo (Esperanto), kurkku (Finnish), meloni (Finnish), kurpitsa (english: no single word covering all) (Finnish), pépon [masculine] (French), péponide [feminine] (French), peponide [masculine] (Italian), pepónio [masculine] (Portuguese), ты́ква (týkva) [feminine] (Russian), pepónide [masculine] (Spanish), daykutbunga (Tagalog), pepo [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (plant producing such a fruit): kurkkukasvi (Finnish), ты́ква (týkva) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pepo-en-noun-OZ6~Pjd- Disambiguation of Cucurbitas: 49 51 Disambiguation of Fruits: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'fruit': 40 60 Disambiguation of 'plant': 28 72 Disambiguation of 'kind of fruit': 40 60 Disambiguation of 'plant producing such a fruit': 10 90

Inflected forms

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