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pawpaw
paw·paw also pa·paw P0124700 (pô′pô)n.1. Any of various deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Asimina of the eastern and southeast United States, especially A. triloba, having maroon flowers with three sepals and six petals and fleshy, yellowish-green, edible fruit.2. The fruit of any of these plants.3. See papaya.
[Originally a variant of papaya.]pawpaw (ˈpɔːˌpɔː) n (Plants) a variant of papaw, papayapaw•paw pa•paw (ˈpɔˌpɔ, pəˈpɔ)
n. 1. a tree, Asimina triloba, of the annona family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, oblong leaves and purplish flowers. 2. the fleshy, edible fruit of this tree. 3. papaya. [1525–75; unexplained alter. of papaye papaya] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pawpaw - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitCarica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya treepapaya - large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish fleshCarica, genus Carica - type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayasfruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit | | 2. |  pawpaw - small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruitAsimina triloba, papaw, papaw treepapaw, pawpaw - fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard applescustard apple, custard apple tree - any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulpAsimina, genus Asimina - pawpaw | | 3. | pawpaw - fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard applespapawedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshAsimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree, pawpaw - small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit |
Translations
pawpaw
pawpaw: see custard-applecustard-apple,
common name for members of the Annonaceae, a family of shrubs, woody vines, and small trees of the tropics. The custard-apples (Annona squamosa and A.
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, soft-stemmed tree (Carica papaya) of tropical America resembling a palm with a crown of palmately lobed leaves. It is cultivated for its melonlike yellow fruits eaten raw or cooked and, more recently, for the juice which has become a commercial item.
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pa·pa·ya (pă-pī'yăh), The fruit of the papaw (pawpaw), Carica papaya (family Caricaceae), a tree of the tropic Americas; it possesses a proteolytic action and is the source of papain. Synonym(s): carica [Sp.] pawpaw
Related to pawpaw: Carica papayaSynonyms for pawpawnoun tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitSynonyms- Carica papaya
- melon tree
- papaia
- papaya
- papaya tree
Related Words- papaya
- Carica
- genus Carica
- fruit tree
noun small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruitSynonyms- Asimina triloba
- papaw
- papaw tree
Related Words- papaw
- pawpaw
- custard apple
- custard apple tree
- Asimina
- genus Asimina
noun fruit with yellow fleshSynonymsRelated Words- edible fruit
- Asimina triloba
- papaw
- papaw tree
- pawpaw
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