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ˈpɔ pɔ, pəˈpɔpa·paw

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina trilobanoun

    small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit

  2. papaw, pawpawnoun

    fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

GCIDE

  1. Papawnoun

    (Bot.) Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2.

Wiktionary

  1. papawnoun

    A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.

  2. Papawnoun

    Used in addressing or referring to one's grandfather, especially the paternal grandfather.

  3. Papawnoun

    Used in addressing or referring to one's father.

  4. Etymology: From papaya

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Papawnoun

    The papaw hath a simple stalk; the flowers are male and female in different plants: the male flowers, which are barren, are tubulous, consisting of one leaf, and expand in form of a star: the female flowers consist of several leaves, which expand in form of a rose, out of whose flower-cup rises the pointal, which afterwards becomes fleshy fruit, shaped like a cucumber or melon. Philip Miller

    Etymology: papaya, low Lat. papaya, papayer, Fr.

    The fair papaw,
    Now but a seed, preventing nature’s law,
    In half the circle of the hasty year,
    Projects a shade, and lovely fruits does wear. Edmund Waller.

ChatGPT

  1. papaw

    A papaw, also spelled pawpaw or papaya, refers to a type of tropical fruit with greenish yellow, edible flesh. It's native to North and South America. The word can also refer to the tree that produces this fruit. Additionally, in some regions like the U.S., 'papaw' or 'pawpaw' is an affectionate term for grandfather.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Papawnoun

    a tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled

  2. Papawnoun

    a tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself

  3. Etymology: [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Papaw

    pa-paw′, n. the tree Carica papaya, or its fruit, native to South America, but common in the tropics, the trunk, leaves, and fruit yielding papain (q.v.), the leaves forming a powerful anthelmintic: the tree Asimina triloba, or its fruit, native to the United States. [The Malabar native name.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of papaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of papaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of papaw in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Warren:

    I am very proud of my heritage, these are my family stories. This is what my brothers and I were told by my mom and my dad, my mamaw and my papaw. This is our lives. And I'm very proud of it.

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  • PapayaGerman
  • The word "papaw" can be translated to Spanish as "papaya." If you meant a different context or type of "papaw," please provide more details!Spanish
  • papayeFrench
  • BestefarNorwegian

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