Pronunciation: p ə - ' p ē -( ˌ )n ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nos
Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, cucumber, from Old Spanish pepón melon, from Latin pepon-, pepo
Date: 1890
: a bushy perennial plant ( Solanum muricatum ) of the nightshade family that is native to temperate uplands of So. America and has an edible usually purple-marked yellow fruit also : the fruit