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pawpaw

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pawpaw /pəˈpɑː/ /ˈpɑːˌpɑː/ noun
plural pawpaws
pawpaw
/pəˈpɑː/ /ˈpɑːˌpɑː/
noun
plural pawpaws
Learner's definition of PAWPAW
[count, noncount] chiefly British
: papaya
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pawpaw

noun

paw·​paw
variants or less commonly
1
2
ˈpä-(ˌ)pȯ How to pronounce pawpaw (audio)
ˈpȯ-
: a North American tree (Asimina triloba) of the custard-apple family with purple flowers and an edible green-skinned fruit
also : its fruit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Judd invited the guests to share their own pawpaw experiences. Yasmine Alsayyad, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 The understory is strewn with sprawling colonies of pawpaw (Asimina triloba), one even offering a few ripe fruits. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2021 Today, there are still wild pawpaw trees all over Ohio, usually found by rivers and in the shade. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021 The temperamental fruit has a brief season, dropping from pawpaw trees and offering a sweet bite, with a taste that falls somewhere between a mango and a banana. Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2021 The mature canopy includes more than 22 species of deciduous trees -- including oaks, hickories and maples -- while the understory includes viburnum, dogwood, pawpaw and more. Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 6 June 2021 Once inside the park, the tulip poplars, dogwoods, black cherry, sassafras and pawpaw trees are breathtaking. New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020 Like the pawpaw’s shelf life, the fruit’s season isn’t very long. Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2020 Magufuli, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, said the testers had randomly obtained several non-human samples on animals and fruits which included a sheep, a goat and a pawpaw and the results came out positive. Rabson Kondowe, Quartz Africa, 4 May 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably modification of Spanish papaya

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of pawpaw was in 1624
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0_0: Definitions of pawpaw
  • # noun.
    - another term for papaya.
    - a North American tree of the custard apple family, with purple flowers and edible oblong yellow fruit with sweet pulp.

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