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Definition of PawPaw

pawpaw
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.
Pawpaw
Pawpaw Paw`paw", n. (Bot.) See Papaw.

Meaning of PawPaw from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- Kalamazoo. Paw Paw is named for the pawpaw trees which once grew along the Paw Paw River. In 1832, Rodney Hinckley located a farm on the Paw Paw River. In...
- horseshoe-shaped bends. The town, the bends, and the tunnel take their name from the pawpaw trees that grow prolifically along nearby ridges. Built using more than...
- Paw Patrol is a Canadian animated television series created by Keith Chapman and produced by Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru...
- Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie is an upcoming Canadian animated action-adventure comedy film based on the television series Paw Patrol created by Keith Chapman...
- nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891, and named after pawpaw, a wild fruit that grows...
- Paw Patrol is a Canadian animated television series created by Keith Chapman. It is produced by Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by...
- up paw, paws, or Paw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A paw is the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails. Paw may...
- the French colonial asiminier. The common name (American) pawpaw, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps...