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"The Pepo is an inferior fruit, with a thick and fleshy rind, with two or more fleshy parietal placentas, projecting more or less inward."—Darby, 1855

A Section of the Pepo

"The Pepo is an inferior fruit, with a thick and fleshy rind, with two or more fleshy parietal placentas,…

"The Pome is an inferior fleshy fruit, of which the edicarp, mesocarp, and fleshy calyx form the greater part, which is eatable. The endocarp is tough and horny, and forms the cells of the seeds."—Darby, 1855

Pome

"The Pome is an inferior fleshy fruit, of which the edicarp, mesocarp, and fleshy calyx form the greater…

<i>Sium sisarum</i>. "A species of water parsnip, generally said to be of Chinese origin, long cultivated in Europe for its esculent root. It is a plant a foot high with pinnate leaves, a hardy perennial, but grown as an annual. The root is composed of small fleshy tubers, of the size of the little finger, united at the crown." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Skirret

Sium sisarum. "A species of water parsnip, generally said to be of Chinese origin, long cultivated in…