pawpaw

Meanings

Plural: pawpaws

Noun

• tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
• small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
• fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
• Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
• Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
• Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
• Papaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.
• Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
• Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America.
• The fruit of these trees.
• Grandfather.

Synonyms

Asimina triloba, bandango, Carica papaya, custard apple, hillbilly mango, melon tree, papaia, papaw, papaw tree, papaya, papaya tree, peepaw, pepaw, prairie banana

Related Words

mamaw