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pepino

/puh-pee-noh/US // pəˈpi noʊ //

番茄酱,羊肉串,番茄汁,番茄

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pe·pi·nos.

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

Examples

  • The Pepino (a cucurbitacea) is grown in great abundance in the fields.

  • By the natives the pepino is, and not altogether unreasonably, believed to be injurious.

  • She and her husband were prodigious gluttons, and Pepino was eventually deposed from his rank on account of his lawless appetite.

  • What would she have experienced had she known the late Princess Nicoletta, Pepino's mother?

  • When My Lady had called Pepino to throw a bucket of water over the designs and freshen them up, their brilliance was startling.