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papaya

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pa·pa·ya  (p-päy)
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.]

papaya [pap-pie-a]
Noun
a large green fruit with a sweet yellow flesh, that grows in the West Indies [Spanish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.papayapapaya - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
papaya - large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
Carica, genus Carica - type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
2.papaya - large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Translations
papaya
n papaya [pəˈpaiə]
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