pepon.
/ˈpɛpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɛpoʊ/ Botany.
A type of berry developed from an inferior ovary, with numerous seeds attached to parietal placentas and usually a hard outer rind, esp. characteristic of the family Cucurbitaceae (gourds, melons, squashes, cucumbers, etc.).
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1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §551 The Pepo..is illustrated by the fruit of the Gourd, Melon, and other Cucurbitaceæ, where the calyx is adherent, the rind is thick and fleshy, and there are three or more seed-bearing parietal placentas.
1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 154 The fruit..consists of a globular pepo, about the size of an orange.
1910 H. H. Haines Forest Flora Chota Nagpur 163 Cucurbitaceae... Fruit a berry with an ultimately hard outer rind (when it is called a pepo) or entirely succulent, rarely dry.
1977 K. Esau Anat. Seed Plants xxii. 439/2 The pepo of the Cucurbitaceae develops from an inferior ovary.
2002 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 3 Oct. e15 Also for families, an afternoon of pumpkin carving to learn about the pepo fruit, gourds, squashes and pumpkins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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