Definition of pawpaw Pawpaw

paw•paw

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Noun

Plural: pawpaws

pawpaw - small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
  papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba
  custard apple tree, custard apple the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp
  asimina, genus asimina pawpaw
pawpaw - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
  papaya, papaia, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya
  fruit tree tree bearing edible fruit
  carica, genus carica type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas
pawpaw - fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
  papaw
  edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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  • pawpaw (n.)
    See Papaw.

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