[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

papaw \papaw"\, 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.
      1913 webster +pjc

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
pawpaw papaya asimina asimina triloba 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

papaya \papa"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 passifloreae; 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.
      1913 webster +pjc

   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.
      1913 webster + pjc
see also:
carica papaya passifloreae papaw pawpaw papain 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pawpaw \paw`paw"\, n. bot.
   same as papaya.
   1913 webster
see also:
papaya 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pawpaw
     n 1: tropical american shrub or small tree having huge deeply
          palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
          syn: papaya, papaia, papaya tree, melon tree, carica
          papaya
     2: small tree native to the eastern united states having oblong
        leaves and fleshy fruit syn: papaw, papaw tree, asimina
        triloba
     3: fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples syn: papaw
see also:
papaya papaia papaya tree melon tree carica papaya papaw 
papaw tree asimina triloba 

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