Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a fruit like that of the gourd; a name given to the fruit of the Cucurbitaceæ, of which the gourd, squash, cucumber, and melon are familiar examples.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See
gourd .
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Examples
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The two other suspects, identified as Pepo and Richard, were captured in the capital, Bogota.
BBC News - Home 2011
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A judge ordered Pepo to be held in custody until he told police who his real owner was.
Humour Maxine 2009
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After five days, Pepo said Jorge's name and also sung the anthem of his favourite football team San Lorenzo.
Humour Maxine 2009
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On the eve of the Japanese invasion in 1874, American naturalist Joseph Steere confirmed the role of Aborigine women as mediators in commerce between mountain and plain: The Kale-whan [Paiwan], in times of scarcity, frequently sell their daughters to the Chinese and Pepo-whans [Peipoban/Pingpufan], who take them as supplementary wives and make them useful as interpreters in thus bartering with the savages.
Archive 2008-10-01 Michael Turton 2008
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Towards the close of the eleventh century Pepo is mentioned in connection with the revived study of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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In 1246 the Emperor Frederick II compelled the Sienese students at Bologna to abandon that city, which was hostile to him, and this fact must have contributed to enlarge the school of Siena, which then had celebrated professors of law (Pepo), of grammar (Magister Tebaldus, Hoannes Mordentis), of medicine
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Irnerius founded his school, by a certain Pepo and a few others; but the great impulse which juridical studies received at Bologna at this time, and from there began to spread throughout Europe, was entirely due to the school of Irnerius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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A few of them were mesmerized by Pepo, he always draws a crowd.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Sunday, Dani headed to South Africa to visit a friend for two weeks so Maria, Pepo and I hired a taxi to take us to Kosa Beach.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The trip to north of Accra sounds great and for support you ladies make sure to bring "big balled" Pepo!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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