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A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
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A plant producing such a fruit.
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Borrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Doublet of pumpion; compare pumpkin.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
peponedo
— kind of fruit
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Finnish:
kurkku
— kind of fruit
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Finnish:
meloni
— kind of fruit
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Finnish:
kurpitsa
— kind of fruit
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French:
pépon
— kind of fruit
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French:
péponide
— kind of fruit
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Italian:
peponide
— kind of fruit
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Portuguese:
pepónio
— kind of fruit
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Russian:
ты́ква
(týkva)
— kind of fruit
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Spanish:
pepónide
— kind of fruit
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Tagalog:
daykutbunga
— kind of fruit
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Welsh:
pepo
— kind of fruit
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Finnish:
kurkkukasvi
— plant producing such a fruit
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Russian:
ты́ква
(týkva)
— plant producing such a fruit