noun
- Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
- synonyms: papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya
- Large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh. .
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