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pawpawn. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: papaya n. Etymology: Variant of papaya n., of uncertain origin, apparently originally a shortening (although compare a reported disyllabic form in Otomaco pappai : see etymological note s.v. papaya n.).The α. forms reflect an earlier pronunciation /pəˈpɔː/ related to the shortening < papaya n. The β. forms reflect the shift in stress to word-initial position which is now the current pronunciation. N.E.D (1904) enters this under papaw and gives the pronunciations (păpǭ·, pǭpǭ·) /pəˈpɔː/ /pɔːˈpɔː/. Webster gives only the pronunciation /pəˈpɔː/ until the 20th cent. 1. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > papaya the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > pawpaw 1624 J. Smith Hist. Bermudas in v. 171 The most delicate Pine-apples, Plantans, and Papawes. 1634 T. Herbert 183 Amongst other fruits..are Lemmons, Pappaes, Cocos. 1726 G. Shelvocke xii. 356 Those..brought us Papas, Guayavas, Cassia, Limes. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter ii. xii. 267 Another fruit called a Papah. 1825 95 i. 318 The papa is a fruit about the same size [as the grenadilla]. 1869 A. R. Wallace II. 33 The only fruits seen here were papaws and pine-apples. 1918 Oct. 669/2 The great golden paw-paw..brought in showers to the earth by a shake of the tree. 1953 G. Durrell vi. 106 The cook..overbalanced into a basket containing eggs and some very ripe and soft pawpaw. 1970 G. Westwood 39 Bowls full of sliced paw-paw, oranges, grenadillas, bananas and pineapples. 1996 2 Feb. 9/4 Sainsbury claims to have 22 lines of exotic fruit and hopes to push ahead by launching new varieties including the golden pawpaw—a sweeter pawpaw from Brazil. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > pawpaw tree c1645 E. Waller i. 52 The palma-christi, and the fair papà, Now but a seed (preventing Nature's law), In half the circle of the hasty year Project a shade, and lovely fruits do wear. 1657 R. Ligon 70 The Papa is but a small tree,..the top handsomely form'd to the branches. 1750 G. Hughes 223 It is surrounded with Leaves similar to those of the Popo-Tree. 1764 J. Grainger iv. 125 Thy temples shaded by the tremulous palm, Or quick papaw. 1871 C. Kingsley I. i. 36 In the midst of the yard grew, side by side..the magic trees, whose leaves rubbed on the toughest meat make it tender..a male and female Papaw. 1920 2 Sept. 36/1 A fungus..causes powdery mildew on the leaves of the pawpaw plant. 1958 J. Carew iv. 64 We walked past banana, paw-paw, and cocoa trees. 1991 30 Mar. 5/5 Whole plantations of papaws in south-east Queensland might have to be destroyed where fruit trees show evidence of a serious new viral infection. 2. U.S.the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > North American the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > North American fruit-trees 1709 J. Lawson 105 The Papau is not a large tree. 1785 G. Washington 18 Nov. (1925) II. 444 Sent to Mr. Digges for Papaw Bushes to replace the dead ones in my Shrubberies. 1832 F. Trollope (ed. 2) I. iv. 58 Near New Orleans the undergrowth of palmetto and pawpaw is highly beautiful. 1882 May 580 Often we pass by groves of young paw-paws. 1896 Feb. 396/1 She kept herself screened behind the ironweed and pawpaw bushes. 1941 R. S. Walker 61 In the same locality one finds a dwarf papaw standing from two to four feet high, bearing edible fruit. 1992 15 Feb. 18/1 The pawpaw's family, the Annonaceae, is a rich source of a group of chemicals called acetogenins. the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > fruits of particular plants 1728 in VIII. 224 No Person or Persons what soever [shall] Presume to play..with Shells, or Papaws or any thing of that nature. 1792 G. Imlay 211 Papaw. This fruit..is in shape more like a seed cucumber than any thing else. 1806 P. Gass 17 Sept. (1807) 261 We got a great many papaws..a kind of fruit in great abundance on the Missouri from the river Platte to its mouth. 1925 C. E. Mulford xi. 148 You let me catch you foolin' 'round this ranch an' I'll turn you into pulp as soft as a paw-paws! 1969 14 Dec. 19/1 The fragrant aroma and rich flavor of the Pawpaw is remindful of many tropical favorites. 1985 Oct. 150/2 Papaws are eaten as a vegetable, baked with onions in a béchamel sauce. Compounds C1. (Sense 2.) 1855 12 May 1/2 So out we goes to the paw-paw thicket, and pealed [sic] a right peart chance o' bark. 1912 M. Nicholson 7 The paw-paw thicket where fruit for the gods lures farm boys on frosty mornings in golden autumn. 1961 J. A. Caruso iv. 129 The settlers then landed their flatboats and climbed a steep bank to a pawpaw thicket, which they cleared of its underbrush so that the women and children could sit down. C2. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > papaya the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > pawpaw 1683 J. Poyntz 9 The Papaw-Apple, which to my liking is very grateful, and apetizing when shaped into sawce, by boyling it with Salt-beef. 1773 Capt. Wallis's Voy. in 43 542 Here [sc. at Tinian, Ladrones Is.] they got beef, pork, poultry, papaw-apples. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : † paw-pawadj. <  n.1624see also |
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