pawpaw
See also: paw-paw
English
Etymology 1
Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish papaya from Kari'na [Term?]; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.
Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yuchi pahpah
Alternative forms
Noun
pawpaw (plural pawpaws)
- Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
- Asimina, the pawpaw genus, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- Papaya or pawpaw (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree
- Mountain pawpaw (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.), a fruit tree native to South America
- The fruit of these trees.
Translations
Any of several trees
Asimina
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Asimina triloba
Carica papaya
Vasconcellea pubescens
fruit
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Further reading
- pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
Noun
pawpaw (plural pawpaws)
Usage notes
- Used as a term of address (hence often initial-capitalized).
Tagalog
Adjective
pawpáw