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Definition of 'papaw' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba
small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit

2. (noun) papaw, pawpaw
fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples


Definition of 'papaw' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) papaw
a tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. 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. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled

2. (noun) papaw
a tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself



'papaw' - Nearby Entries  

papaver orientale  papaver rhoeas  papaver somniferum  papaw  papaw tree  papaya  papaya family  



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