pawpaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pawpaw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pawpaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pawpaw n tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit Synonym(s): papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit Synonym(s): pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples Synonym(s): papaw, pawpaw
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Papaw \Pa*paw"\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] [Written also {pawpaw}.] 1. (Bot.) A tree ({Carica Papaya}) of tropical America, belonging to the order {Passiflore[91]}. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pawpaw \Paw`paw"\, n. (Bot.) See {Papaw}.