pepino
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A sweet fruit from South America with smooth skin and pale flesh
- noun
- /pəˈpiːnoʊ/
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pepino
- The pepino, also known as pepino melon, has a sweet taste that is often compared to honeydew.
Examples
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Yellow and purple, the pepino tastes like honeydew melon.
Fiction book (1991) -
Upscale delis in Los Angeles, appealing to jaded palates, do a lot of business in Inca vegetables and fruits, and I am told that Japanese pay $18/lb for pepinos.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the farmer's market, I found some ripe pepinos that were perfect for making fruit salad.
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She bought a pepino at the grocery store, excited to try this unique, sweet fruit from South America.
Synonyms
melon
vspepino
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A large round or oval fruit with thick skin and soft sweet inside like a watermelon
is a specific smaller South American variety with smooth skin and pale flesh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pepino comes from Spanish and once meant 'cucumber' or 'melon', from an old word for melon. That's why the sweet fruit is called a pepino — it looks and tastes like a small melon or cucumber.