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pepita

1

[ puh-pee-tuh, pe- ]

noun

  1. the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash, used in cooking and often dried or toasted and eaten as a snack food.


Pepita

2

[ puh-pee-tuh, pe-; Spanish pe-pee-tah ]

noun

  1. a female given name.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pepita1

From Spanish (southwestern U.S.), Spanish: “seed, pip,” probably derivative of the same Romance base, pep- (unattested), as Old French pepin pippin
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If you want to crack open the seeds after roasting and just eat the more tender inner pepita, that’s fine too – kind of as you would eat a sunflower seed.

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Pepita Sandwich is an Argentinian cartoonist, illustrator and author living in New York City.

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Cooks in the state of Maharashtra have a chutney template: a star ingredient, an herb or vegetable, a heat source such as dry red or fresh green chile or red chile powder, a tart agent in the form of lime or lemon juice or tamarind, and a homogenizing agent such as peanut sesame or pepita powder or stir-fried lentils that thicken and enrich.

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Pepita Redhair, a 27-year-old Navajo woman who dreamt of becoming an engineer and loved skateboarding, was last seen in March 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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A cream of Chilacayote served with matured sheep cheese and quail eggs with safflower, followed by calabaza de Castilla croquettes served in a pepita adobo.

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