papaw
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From papaya
Noun[edit]
papaw (plural papaws)
- A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Related to papa, or pa pa (one's fathers father).
Noun[edit]
papaw (plural papaws)
- (US, dialect, Southern US) Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather.
- (US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) A father.
Synonyms[edit]
- see pawpaw
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Tagalog[edit]
Noun[edit]
papaw