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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
papaya n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn: papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya] 2: large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
papaya \pa*pa"ya\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] 1. (Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passiflore[ae]; called also papaw and pawpaw. 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The fruit of the papaya tree; it is a dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled. The fruit contains papain, a protease. [1913 Webster + PJC] | ||
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