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papaw
[ paw-paw, puh-paw ]
papaw
/ pəˈpɔː /
noun
- another name for papaya
- Also calledcustard apple
- a bush or small tree, Asimina triloba, of central North America, having small fleshy edible fruit: family Annonaceae
- the fruit of this tree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of papaw1
C16: from Spanish papaya
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Example Sentences
In these low grounds the beautiful papaw tree, whose luscious fruit was now ripe, occurs in great abundance.
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Open palm-thatched huts peep forth at intervals from amidst groves of banana, mango, cotton, and papaw trees and palms.
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Merian has figured the caterpillar of another moth which feeds upon the Papaw-tree (Carica Papaya) with similar hairs.
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On the edge of the canebrake a thicket of papaw and blackberry vines added rankness and forest secrecy.
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The papaw or tree-melon also grows very finely here, and is a very useful and wholesome fruit.
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