pepo (plural pepos)
A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
A plant producing such a fruit.
• (fruit): gourd, melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumber
• (plant): cucurbit
• Pope, peop., pope
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"po, n. Etym: [L., a kind of melon, from Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
