pepo

n. [植](葫芦科植物的)浆果,瓠果

发音

UK /ˈpiː.pəʊ/
US /ˈpi.poʊ/

词形变化

pepos 复数 pepos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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. 2.

    A plant producing such a fruit.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary