papaw Definition

papaw
pawpaw
noun

1. A tree with purple flowers native to N America.
2. A small evergreen tree with a crown of large segmented leaves and yellow flowers, widely cultivated in the tropics for its edible fruit.
papayas
3. The large oblong yellow or orange fruit of this tree, which may be eaten raw, squeezed for its juice or canned, having sweet orange flesh and a central cavity filled with black seeds. Also called custard apple. Sometimes called papaya

Etymology: 15c: Spanish papaya, from a Caribbean dialect.