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Pawpaw

Pawˊpaw′

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Noun.

(Bot.)

Same as

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Definition 2024

pawpaw

pawpaw

See also: paw-paw

English

Alternative forms

paw-paw

Noun

pawpaw ‎(plural pawpaws)

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
The fruit of these trees.

Translations

Any of several trees

Macedonian: ^{(please verify)}папаја f ‎(papája)

Spanish: ^{(please verify)}papayo (es) m

Asimina

Asimina triloba

Carica papaya

Vasconcellea pubescens

fruit

Arabic: ببو فاكهَة
Chinese:
Mandarin: 泡泡 (zh) ‎(pàopào)
French: asimina f
German: Papau, Asimina
Japanese: ポーポー ‎(pōpō)

Macedonian: папаја f ‎(papája)
Portuguese: mamão (pt) m
Russian: азимина (ru) f ‎(azimina), асимина f ‎(asimina)
Spanish: papaya (es) f
Swahili: papai (sw)

External links

pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Noun

pawpaw ‎(plural pawpaws)

Grandfather.

Usage notes

Used as a term of address (hence often initial-capitalized).

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