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Webster 1913 Edition


Pawpaw

Pawˊpaw′

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
Same as
Papaya
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pawpaw

pawpaw

See also: paw-paw

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Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

  1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
    1. Asimina, the pawpaw genus, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
    2. Papaya or pawpaw (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree
    3. Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America
  2. The fruit of these trees.
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Etymology 2

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

  1. Grandfather.
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