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papaw treenounsmall tree native to the eastern united states having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
asimina trilobaAsimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit.
pawpawnounPapaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.

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pawpawnounPapaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.
asimina trilobaAsimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit.
papaw treenounsmall tree native to the eastern united states having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
pappawnounAlternative form of papaw. [A tree, Carica papaya, native to tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, that produces dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.]
papayanounThe fruit of this tree.
papaunounDated form of papaya. [A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.]
paw-pawnounAlternative form of pawpaw, Asimina triloba. [Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:]
mountain pawpawnounA mountain papaya
paw pawnounA village, the county seat of Van Buren County, Michigan, United States. Named after the pawpaw trees which grew along the Paw Paw River.
mountain papayanounVasconcellea pubescens, an edible white-fleshed yellow-skinned fruit of western South America.
peewahnounThe edible fruit of this plant, which has an orange or red skin when ripe, orange pulp which turns floury when cooked, and a single large seed.
carapnounAny tree of the genus Carapa.
babaconounThe fruit of this tree
custard applenounAny of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
asiminanoun(US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
mameynounA tree of species Pouteria sapota, or its fruit.
crabwoodnounA flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
raw papayanoun(India) unripened papaya (papaya whose flesh is still green)
prairie banananoun(US, colloquial) A pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
crabnounAny crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

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