A deciduous tree (Asimina triloba) of the eastern and southeast United States, having flowers with three sepals, three petals, and numerous stamens and fleshy, edible fruit.
[Ultimately from Spanish and obsolete Portuguese papaya, papaya; see papaya.]
pa·pa·ya (pə-pä'yə) n.
In both senses also called papaw.
An evergreen, usually dioecious, tropical American tree (Carica papaya) having a crown of palmately divided leaves with pinnate lobes and large yellow edible fruit.
Main Entry: pa·paw Variant: orpaw·paw Function: noun 1Pronunciation: p&-'po :PAPAYA 2Pronunciation: 'päp-(")o, 'pop- : a No. American tree (Asimina triloba of thefamily Annonaceae) with purple flowers and a yellow edible fruit; also: its fruit
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