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pepino

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pe⋅pi⋅no

  [puh-pee-noh]
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–noun, plural -nos.
1. a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
2. Also called melon pear, melon shrub. a Peruvian plant, Solanum muricatum, of the nightshade family, having spiny foliage, bright blue flowers, and edible purple, egg-shaped fruit.
Origin:
1895–1900; < Sp: cucumber, ult. < L pepō; see pepo, -ine 1
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pe·pi·no   (pə-pē'nō)   
n.   pl. pe·pi·nos

  1. A spiny Andean shrub (Solanum muricatum) having bright blue flowers and ovoid, violet-purple fruits with edible, yellow, aromatic, acid flesh.

  2. The fruit of this plant.


[American Spanish, from Spanish, cucumber, from Latin pepō, melon; see pepo.]
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