Papaw

Definitions: Papaw

Papaw

Noun

1. Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.

2. Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples.

Date "papaw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references)

Etymology: Papaw \Pa*paw"\, noun. [Probably from the native name in the West Indies; compage to the Spanish expression papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Fruit of the Carica papaya. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Papaw

Synonyms: papaw tree (n), pawpaw (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Papaw

English words defined with "papaw": papaw tree ♦ Ruminated. (references)

Etymologies containing "papaw": Papain. (references)

Expression using "papaw": papaw tree. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "papaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		papaja (papaya). (various references)

Arabic		‏الببو شجر أميركي ذو زهرات أرجوانية. (various references)

Bulgarian		папая (papaya). (various references)

Danish		papaya (melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references)

Dutch		papaja (melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references)

Esperanto		papajo (papaya). (various references)

Farsi		درخت پاپااویانخل امریکای جنوبی . (various references)

French		pomme cannelle, papaye (papaya, pawpaw), Carica papaya, asiminier (American papaw tree, paw-paw), anone. (various references)

German		Pappawbaum (American papaw tree, false banana tree, paw-paw), Papaya-Frucht, Papau (American papaw tree, false banana tree, paw-paw). (various references)

Greek		καρπός της παπάϋας, κολοκυνθόδενδρο τησ αμερικήσ και ο καρπόσ του, παπάγια (melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw tree), ασιμίνα η τρίλοβος (American papaw tree, false banana tree, paw-paw). (various references)

Hungarian		papája fa gyümölcse, papája fa. (various references)

Italian		papaia (melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references)

Papiamen		papaya (papaya). (various references)

Pig Latin		apawpay.(various references)

Portuguese		papaia (papaya). (various references)

Russian		дынное дерево (papaya). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrsta južnoameričke biljke. (various references)

Spanish		papaya (papaya, pawpaw). (various references)

Sranan		papaya (papaya). (various references)

Swedish		papayaträd (papaya), papaya (melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw, pawpaw tree). (various references)

Turkish		papaya (papaya, pawpaw). (various references)

Ukranian		диняче дерево (papaya, pawpaw). (various references)

Vietnamese		cây đu đủ quả đu đ (papaya). (various references)

Yucatec		put (papaya). (various references)

Zulu		uphopho (papaya). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Asimina triloba, Carica papaya. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "papaw": papaws. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Papaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aaaaaw, Aaaaw, aapam, Paap, Palpa, Papai, papar, Papay, papi, Papio, papo, papu, pawaw, Pelaw. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-p-p-w"
	-1 letter: papa.
	-2 letters: awa, pap, paw, wap.
	-3 letters: aa, aw, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-p-p-w"
	+1 letter: papaws, pawpaw.
	+2 letters: pawpaws.
	+4 letters: wallpaper.
	+5 letters: wallpapers, wampumpeag, wastepaper.
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