About The Word Papaw
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Papaw
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What's The Definition Of Papaw?
[n] fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
[n] small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit Synonyms | Synonyms for Papaw: Asimina triloba | papaw tree | pawpaw | pawpaw Related Terms | Find terms related to Papaw: See Also | Asimina | Asimina triloba | custard apple | custard apple tree | edible fruit | genus Asimina | papaw | papaw | papaw tree Papaw In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*paw"\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West
Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
[Written also {pawpaw}.]
1. (Bot.) A tree ({Carica Papaya}) of tropical America,
belonging to the order {Passiflore[ae]}. 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. (Bot.) 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. --Gray.
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