Peplus

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 35

(pep'-lus). Synonym of Peritotieum.?epo (pe'-po). I. In biology, a gourd-like fruit. 2. Pumpkin-seed. The seed of Cucurbit a pepo, with properties due to a resin contained in the inner covering of the embryo. It is an excellent teniafuge. Dose of the resin, gr. xv; of the seeds, 3 j-ij. made into a suitable emulsion.