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Papaw   /pˈɔpɔ/   Listen
Papaw

noun
(Written also pawpaw)
1.
Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.  Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw tree, pawpaw.
2.
Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples.  Synonym: pawpaw.





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"Papaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... shore, at Mrs. Sawyer's. The repast consisted of bits of mutton in palm-butter, mutton roasted, rice, palm-cabbage, chicken, and papaw, with coffee, but no wine. There are thirty children in the Mission-school, mostly boys, who show considerable aptitude for learning. It is an obstacle in the way of educating girls, that many of them are betrothed before entering school, and, just when their progress begins ...
— Journal of an African Cruiser • Horatio Bridge


Words linked to "Papaw" :   custard apple tree, edible fruit, custard apple, genus Asimina, Asimina triloba, Asimina


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