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papaw or 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. 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 (papayas)
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: Spanish papaya, from a Caribbean dialect.