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pawpaw
DEFINITIONS OF:
pawpaw
1
n
tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Synonyms:
Carica papaya
,
melon tree
,
papaia
,
papaya
,
papaya tree
Type of:
fruit tree
tree bearing edible fruit
n
small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
Synonyms:
Asimina triloba
,
papaw
,
papaw tree
Type of:
custard apple
,
custard apple tree
any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
n
fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
Synonyms:
papaw
Type of:
edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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