PAWPAW

pawpaw

Noun

  1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
    1. Asimina, the pawpaw genus, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
    2. Papaya or pawpaw (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree
    3. Mountain pawpaw (), a fruit tree native to South America
  2. The fruit of these trees.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Grandfather.


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