| Papaw (papaw) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pa*paw" |
| [Prob. from the native
name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya
the fruit of the papaw.] [Written also pawpaw.] |
A tree (Carica Papaya) of
tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreæ. It
has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a
tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice
of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also,
its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw
and cooked or pickled.
A tree of the genus
Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and
southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible
fruit; also, the fruit itself.
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