From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Papaw \Pa*paw"\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West
Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
[Written also {pawpaw}.]
1. (Bot.) Same as {papaya}, senses 1 and 2.
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2. (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Asimina} ({Asimina triloba}),
growing in the western and southern parts of the United
States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the
fruit itself. --Gray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
papaya \pa*pa"ya\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West
Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
1. (Bot.) A tree ({Carica Papaya}) of tropical America,
belonging to the order {Passiflore[ae]}; called also
{papaw} and {pawpaw}. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen
or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large,
long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of
the plant is said to have the property of making meat
tender.
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2. The fruit of the papaya tree; it is a dull orange-colored,
melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or
pickled. The fruit contains {papain}, a protease.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
papaw
n 1: small tree native to the eastern United States having
oblong leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: {pawpaw}, {papaw},
{papaw tree}, {Asimina triloba}]
2: fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples [syn:
{papaw}, {pawpaw}]
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