pepo : Idioms & Phrases
cucurbita pepo
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noun a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
autumn pumpkin; pumpkin vine; pumpkin.
WordNet
cucurbita pepo melopepo
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noun any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
summer squash; summer squash vine.
