pepino
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A small evergreen bush that makes sweet fruit called pepino melon
- noun
- /pəˈpiːnoʊ/
- Specialized
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pepino
- A single pepino shrub can produce dozens of fruit each season.
Examples
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The farmer grew several pepino plants in his garden for their sweet fruit.
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The farmer grew several pepino plants in his garden for their sweet fruit.
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She tasted a ripe pepino for the first time while traveling in South America.
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I bought a fresh pepino at the market.
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The pepino is known for its sweet flavor.
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She tasted a ripe pepino for the first time while traveling in South America.
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A single pepino shrub can produce dozens of fruit each season.
Synonyms
melon
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A large round or oval fruit with thick skin and soft sweet inside like a watermelon
is a smaller shrub fruit with thin skin and less juicy flesh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pepino is the Spanish name for a small shrub that bears a sweet, melon-like fruit; the word originally meant 'cucumber' or 'small melon'. So a pepino shrub is simply the plant that grows the pepino fruit.