papaya

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.

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[Spanish and Portuguese, both of Cariban origin.]

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papaya [pəˈpaɪə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Caribbean evergreen tree, Carica papaya, with a crown of large dissected leaves and large green hanging fruit: family Caricaceae

2. (Cookery) the fruit of this tree, having a yellow sweet edible pulp and small black seeds Also called papaw pawpaw

[C15 papaye, from Spanish papaya, from an American Indian language; compare Carib ababai]

papayan  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	papaya - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw 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 [pəˈpaɪə] N (= fruit) → papaya f; (= tree) → árbol m de papaya

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papaya [pəˈpaɪə] n (= pawpaw) → papaye f

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papaya

n → Papayabaum f; (= fruit) → Papaya f

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papaya [pəˈpaɪə] n → papaia

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papaya [pəˈpaɪə] n → papaia

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papaya

n papaya [pəˈpaiə]

a tropical tree or its fruit. papaja شَجَرة البابايا палая papája papaja die Papaya παπάγια (τροπικό δέντρο και ο καρπός του) papaya papaia خربزه درختی papaija papaye פַּאפָּיָה पपीता papaja(palmoliko tropsko stablo s mirisnim dinjastim plodom papaya pepaya melónutré; papaya papaia パパイヤ 파파야 papajinis melionmedis, papaja papaija betik papaja papaya papaja papaia papaya папайя papaja papaja papaja papaya มะละกอ papaya 木瓜樹，木瓜果 папая, диняче дерево امرود cây đu đủ 木瓜树，木瓜果