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Definition of "papaw" []

  • A deciduous tree (Asimina triloba) of the eastern and southeast United States, having flowers with three sepals, three petals, and numerous stamens and fleshy, edible fruit. (noun)
  • The fruit of this tree. (noun)
  • See papaya. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "papaw" in a sentence
  • "The papaw is another fruit I knew well as a child."
  • "Papaya, in Peru, and that "papaw" is merely a corruption of that name."
  • "[20] A delicate and refreshing fruit, the _Carica papaya_; sometimes called "papaw," but is not the same as the papaw of North America"
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