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pa·pa·ya
(pə-pä′yə)n.
1. An evergreen tropical American tree (Carica papaya) with a crown of large lobed leaves, widely cultivated for its large yellow edible fruit.
2. The fruit of this tree, having soft pink to orange flesh and numerous small black seeds. In both senses also called pawpaw.
[Spanish papaya, of Arawakan origin.]
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papaya
(pəˈpaɪə)n
Also called: papaw or pawpaw 1. (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 or reddish orange sweet edible pulp and small black seeds
[C15 papaye, from Spanish papaya, from an American Indian language; compare Carib ababai]
paˈpayan adj
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pa•pa•ya
(pəˈpɑ yə)n., pl. -yas.
1. a small tropical American tree, Carica papaya, resembling a palm with broad leaves at the top, bearing a yellow melonlike fruit.
2. the fruit itself.
[1760–70; < Sp < Carib (Hispaniola)]
pa•pa′yan, adj.
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papaya
(pawpaw) A Caribbean fruit with sweet yellow flesh and small black seeds.
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| Noun | 1. |  papaya - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitpapaya - 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 |
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papaya
(pəˈpaiə) noun a tropical tree or its fruit. papaya
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