papaya









papaya


noun

  1. the large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked.
  2. the tree itself.

noun

  1. a Caribbean evergreen tree, Carica papaya, with a crown of large dissected leaves and large green hanging fruit: family Caricaceae
  2. the fruit of this tree, having a yellow or reddish orange sweet edible pulp and small black seeds

n.1590s for fruit, 1610s for tree, from Spanish, probably from Arawakan (West Indies) papaya.

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