pepo noun. ['pi:pǝʊ] In sense 1 also (earlier) pepon. Pl. -s, pepones [pɪ'pǝʊni:z]. LME.
[Latin pepo(n-) pumpkin, from Greek pepōn: see POMPION.]
1. A pumpkin, a gourd; = POMPION 1. LME-E18.

2. Botany. A many-seeded fleshy fruit, with parietal placentae and a hard rind chiefly derived from the receptacle of the flower, esp. characteristic of the gourd family. M19.

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