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Papaya
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Papaya has 2 senses
- papaya(n = noun.plant) carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit; Array has parts: papaya
- papaya(n = noun.food) Array - large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a member of carica, genus carica
is a kind of fruit tree
is a part of carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw
CIDE DICTIONARY
Papaya, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.].
- A tree (
Carica Papaya ) of tropical America, belonging to the orderPassifloreæ ; called alsopapaw andpawpaw . 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] - 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]
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