Pepino

Word PEPINO
Character 6
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Definitions and meanings of "Pepino"

What do we mean by pepino?

A spiny Andean shrub (Solanum muricatum) in the nightshade family, having violet or blue flowers and edible purple-streaked fruit with fragrant yellow flesh. noun

The fruit of this plant. noun

In Spain and in countries settled by the Spanish, the cucumber, Cucumis sativus. noun

In Peru and Central America, a cultivated plant, Solanum muricatum, which bears fruit resembling a melon or a papaw, used extensively in Peru as a vegetable but rather insipid and inferior to a melon in flavor. noun

A South American plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for its melon-like fruit, Solanum muricatum.

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The word "pepino" in example sentences

E. coli Outbreak Spreads Tobias Schwarz/Reuters Confirmation that Spanish cucumbers are not to blame for the outbreak has led to rising public support in Spain for the country's farmers in what has been dubbed the "pepino crisis." ❋ Laura Stevens (2011)

Several TV stations have launched special programming to promote the maligned vegetable, including the La Sexta network, which is running a series of events and promotions it calls the "pepino revolution". ❋ Laura Stevens (2011)

The purple-striped ‘melumber’ – officially known as the pepino – tastes like a cross between a melon and a cucumber. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The vodka-based mango ginger martini is a bit sweet, the spicy pepino margarita not spicy enough. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As usual, several women and children came on the bus to sell things – pepino cucumber was a big one, pork meals, and chicken meals were also common. ❋ Belizean' A New Trail (2008)

(Passiflora sp.) that are superior to most commonly known cultivars; pepino ❋ Unknown (1996)

First came the appetizers in form of thin slices of salami and of a peculiar Mexican sausage, so extremely hot with chili pepino as to immediately call for a drink of claret to assuage the burning. ❋ Clarence E. Edwords (N/A)

By the natives the pepino is, and not altogether unreasonably, believed to be injurious. ❋ Johann Jakob Von Tschudi (1853)

These dishes may be accompanied by classic cocktails or original creations such as u'love, the lychee martini or the pepino colada. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Another fruit, which is about the size of a softball, is green with brown stripes, tastes like honeydew and has the same name as a cucumber ¨pepino¨. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Este é o seu 4º empréstimo no valor de 30. 000.00mt com o qual pretende comprar insumos e pagar jornas de trabalho para produção de hortícolas (batata, pimento, pepino e outras) como forma de satisfazer a sua clientela. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also hammer the stakes between ... (more) las frutas frutas el k i w a n o Aunque el kiwano o el pepino cornudo se conoce hace más de 3000 años, sólo se empezó a comercializar en 1981, y esto no ha pasado en su lugar de origen, sino en Nueva Zelanda. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The spicy pepino margarita Perhaps that isn't surprising. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The spicy pepino margarhita at Yotel, 570 Tenth Ave. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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