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Definition of Papaw

Papaw
Papaw Pa*paw", n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] [Written also pawpaw.] 1. (Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passiflore[ae]. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.

Meaning of Papaw from wikipedia

- Paw Paw, Paw paw, or pawpaw may refer to: Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, commonly known as pawpaws Common pawpaw...
- Asimina 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...
- The papaya (/pəˈpaɪə/, US: /pəˈpɑːjə/), papaw, (/pəˈpɔː/) or pawpaw (/ˈpɔːpɔː/) is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in...
- ringspot potyvirus Papaya distortion mosaic virus Papaya leaf distortion virus Papaw distortion ringspot virus Papaw mosaic virus Watermelon mosaic virus 1...
- USCGC Papaw (WLB-308) was a sea-going buoy tender whose design is based on the pre-World War II United States Lighthouse Service Tenders. The original...
- dwelling on my family and the complexity to all the men’s relationships. My papaw was not a warm person, but he showed his affection through hard work. He...
- Mabrey (young) Lindsay Vance Haley Bennett Usha Vance Freida Pinto Jim "Papaw" Vance Bo Hopkins (older) Brett Lorenzini (young) The Trial of the Chicago...
- The common name (American) pawpaw, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps because of the superficial...
- medicinal properties of pawpaws, Thomas Lucas developed and marketed Lucas' Papaw Ointment, which is still produced by Lucas's descendants from a location...
- (1929–1997) and Bonnie Vance (née Blanton; 1933–2005), whom they called "Papaw" and "Mamaw". At age 17, Vance began his first job, as a cashier at Dillman...