Meaning & use
pepita
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A hulled, edible pumpkin seed, especially as used in Mexican and Southwestern cooking.
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She sprinkled toasted pepitas over the salad for extra crunch.
The recipe called for a handful of pepitas ground into the mole sauce.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Spanish; widely used in English-language recipes and grocery packaging.
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pumpkin seed
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