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pepo

Syllables: pe·po/ˈpiː.pəʊ//ˈpi.poʊ/

pepo noun: a fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.

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.
    • 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.1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5 edition, page 25

pepo meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

pepo in Tamil

பூசணி வகைக்கனி, வௌளரீயம், காய்ந்த சுரைக்காய் விதை, குடற்புழுவகற்றும் சுரைக்காய் விதை

pepo in Tagalog

kind of fruit
daykutbunga

Synonyms of pepo

All synonyms of pepo

Forms of pepo

pluralpepos

Origin of pepo

Borrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Doublet of pumpion; compare pumpkin.

Questions about pepo

What does pepo mean?
Pepo means a fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
What is pepo in Tamil?
Pepo in Tamil is பூசணி வகைக்கனி, வௌளரீயம், காய்ந்த சுரைக்காய் விதை. See Pepo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pepo?
Pepo is a noun.
How do you pronounce pepo?
Pepo is pronounced /ˈpiː.pəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pepo?
The plural of pepo is pepos.

Words near pepo in the dictionary

  1. peplum
  2. peplumed
  3. peplums
  4. peplus
  5. pepluses
  6. pepo
  7. peponida
  8. peponidas
  9. peponium
  10. peponiums
  11. pepos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pepo (page history and authors); pepo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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