pepo

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The fruit itself is classified as a pepo, which is a type of berry.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022

The Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, was also a fan, describing the pepo as a refrigerant maxime—an extremely cooling food—in his first century encyclopedia, Historia Naturalis.

From National Geographic • Aug. 21, 2015

Surprisingly, it’s a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata, the species that includes most winter squash, as opposed to C. pepo, which comprises most summer ones.

From Washington Post

Different varieties of the same species replace each other among the kidney beans, lima beans, the chili pepper Capsicum annuum / chinense, and the squash Cucurbita pepo.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The varieties of Cucurbita pepo which bear large fruit yield a small crop, according to Naudin; whilst those producing small fruit yield a vast number.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles