Definitions for pepos

pepos pe·po

Spelling: [pee-poh]
IPA: /ˈpi poʊ/

Pepos is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in pepos (eopps).

Definitions for pepos

noun

  1. the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.

Origin of pepos

1700-10; Latin pepō large melon, pumpkin Greek pépōn, short for pépōn (síkyos) ripe (gourd)

Examples for pepos

The pepo, another indehiscent syncarpous fruit, is illustrated by the fruit of the gourd, melon (fig. 31) and other Cucurbitaceae.

Among the first was that of Bologna, where pepo began to expound the law in 1075.

The fruit of the papaw resembles the pepo, but the calyx is not superior.

M. Naudin considers these forms as undoubtedly varieties of Cucurbita pepo.

The three carpels forming the pepo are separated by partitions.

In the drawing of pepo oblongus of Lobel, Icones, 641, the character of the peduncle is clearly defined.

The fruit is a fleshy many-seeded berry with a tough rind (known as a pepo), and often attains considerable size.

A fourth, pepo rotundus major, added in the edition of 1616, appears to me to be C. maxima.

Word Value for pepos
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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