noun
- Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
- synonyms: papaya, papaia, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya
- Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
- synonyms: papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba
- Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples.
- synonyms: papaw
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