papaw

noun

1. pawpaw.

noun

1. another name for papaya
2. Also called: custard apple
   1. a bush or small tree, Asimina triloba, of central North America, having small fleshy edible fruit: family Annonaceae
   2. the fruit of this tree

n.1620s, variant of papaya (q.v.), used from 1760 to designate the papaw tree.