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
1700-10; < Latinpepō large melon, pumpkin < Greekpépōn, short for pépōn (síkyos) ripe (gourd)
British Dictionary definitions for pepo
pepo
/ˈpiːpəʊ/
noun (pl) -pos
1.
the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous plants, such as the melon, squash, cucumber, and pumpkin, having a firm rind, fleshy watery pulp, and numerous seeds
Word Origin
C19: from Latin: pumpkin, from Greek pepōn edible gourd, from peptein to ripen