pepino

[ puh-pee-noh ]

noun

, plural pe·pi·nos.

1. a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
2. Also called melon pear, a Peruvian plant, Solanum muricatum, of the nightshade family, having spiny foliage, bright blue flowers, and edible purple, egg-shaped fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pepino¹

1895–1900; < Spanish: cucumber, ultimately < Latin pepō; pepo, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Vivien Bonzo, Consuelo’s granddaughter, worked in the restaurant as a teenager and for decades watched as her family’s restaurant became an institution where customers could get homemade tortillas, pepino margaritas and chile colorado.

From Los Angeles Times

“The idea we need to get rid of is that because they have zero calories they have zero metabolic effects,” said Marta Yanina Pepino, an assistant professor in the department of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

From New York Times

Dr. Pepino at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found in her research that obese people became more insulin resistant after drinking a beverage containing sucralose compared to when they drank only water.

From New York Times

Dr. Pepino explained that for thousands of years humans lived in a world where intensely sweet flavors were rare, and that they became a cue to the body to regulate blood sugar levels.

From New York Times

On one side stands Blythe Pepino, who founded the Birthstrikers, a group of people who are refusing to have children until the climate crisis ends and are using their power over the world economy to try to extract policy reforms that would reverse the ongoing ecocide that world governments are both allowing and committing.

From Salon