pɔ, pəˈpɔ noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | another name for papaya |
| 2. | Also called: custard apple |
| a. a bush or small tree, Asimina triloba, of central North America, having small fleshy edible fruit: family Annonaceae | |
| b. the fruit of this tree | |
| [C16: from Spanish | |
| pawpaw or pawpaw | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Spanish | |
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Papaw
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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papaw
1624, variant of papaya (q.v.), used from 1760 to designate the papaw tree.
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