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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 [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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.papaya - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitpapaya - 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 [pəˈpaɪə] N (= fruit) → papaya f; (= tree) → árbol m de papaya

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

papaya
nPapayabaum f; (= fruit)Papaya f

papaya [pəˈpaɪə] npapaia

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


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