pepino

Striped South American

Pepino is a South American fruit with pale yellow or greenish skin streaked with purple, and mild, slightly sweet flesh reminiscent of melon and cucumber.

The plant belongs to the nightshade family, related to tomatoes and eggplants.

Also called pepino melon or pepino dulce.

In Spanish, pepino simply means cucumber.

botanical

nightshade

Often toxic plant family

capsicum · perennial · cultivar · propagation · cutting · hybrid · subtropical

fruit

sweet

Tasting of sugar

ripe · edible · yellowish · purple · seeded · fleshy · variegated · subtropical · perennial · produce

cucumber

slicing

Cutting into portions

garden · vegetable · crunchy · sandwich · hydroponic · greenhouse · organic · seedless · salad

culinary

salad

Cold dressed vegetables

garnish · appetizer · smoothie · sorbet · ceviche · refreshing · snack · raw · peeled · wedges

Categories
Opposites
botanical family classification

pepinocantaloupe

Orange-fleshed melon variety

honeydew melon · watermelon · cucumber · muskmelon · squash

global familiarity and commercial availability

pepinoapple

Crisp tree fruit

banana · orange · grape · strawberry

Family

pepper, pumpkin

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G