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pa⋅pa⋅ya

  [puh-pah-yuh]
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–noun
1. the large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked.
2. the tree itself.
Also called pawpaw.

Origin:
1760–70; < Sp < Carib (Hispaniola)

Related forms:
pa⋅pa⋅yan, adjective
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pa·pa·ya   (pə-pä'yə)   
n.   In both senses also called papaw.

  1. An evergreen, usually dioecious, tropical American tree (Carica papaya) having a crown of palmately divided leaves with pinnate lobes and large yellow edible fruit.

  2. The fruit of this tree.


[Spanish and Portuguese, both of Cariban origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

papaya 
1598 for fruit, 1613 for tree, from Sp., probably from Arawakan (W.Indies) papaya.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pa·pa·ya
Pronunciation: p&-'pI-&
Function: noun
: a tropical American tree of the genus Carica (C. papaya)with large oblong yellow edible fruit; also : its fruit which is the source of papain
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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