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Definition: Papaya |
PapayaNoun1. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. 2. Large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "papaya" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Papaya, also known as paw paw, mamao, or tree melon, is the fruit of the Carica papayae, of genus Caricacece. Originally from southern Mexico and neighbouring countries, the papaya plant is now cultivated in most tropical countries.
Larger papaya
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Synonyms: PapayaSynonyms: melon tree (n), papaia (n), papaya tree (n), pawpaw (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Papaya |
| English words defined with "papaya": papain. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "papaya": Chymopapain ♦ Wobe-Mugos E. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "papaya": Papaw. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Papaya" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Chamorro (papaya), German (papaya), Hungarian (papaya), Papiamen (papaw, papaya), Spanish (papaw, papaya, pawpaw), Sranan (papaw, papaya), Swedish (papaw, papaya, pawpaw), Turkish (papaw, papaya, pawpaw). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Papaya dei Caraibi (1978) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Plant Supervisor for Tropical Hawaiian Products, and Trudy, Hanohano, NRCS Conservationist discuss conservation on a papaya orchard in the Waiakea Conservation District in HI. [Slide 97CS3136]. Credit: Ron Nichols. |  | Hawaiian papayas, Carica papaya. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Entomologists Ernest J. Harris (left), who is with the Agricultural Research Service, and Renato C. Bautista, with the University of Hawaii, examine a papaya fruit trap with oriental fruit fly eggs parasitized by Biosteres arisanuswasps. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Guanica (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Lunch of a sugar worker consisting of rice, beans and papaya. On a plantation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rice and papaya in the lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Papaya 2" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "..." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The most important irrigated fruit producers of South America are located here, with 12,000 hectares of irrigated cultures, mainly grape, mango, pineapple, guava, melon, passion fruit and papaya. (references) | |
Economic History | Liberia | Also grown are pineapple, banana, papaya, and mango. (references) |
Kiribati | Most islanders engage in subsistence activities ranging from fishing to the growing of food crops like bananas, breadfruit, and papaya. (references) | |
Travel | Barbados | There is some local production of chickens, lamb and beef, as well as papaya and bananas, and some fruits and vegetables. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Papaya" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.44% of the time. "Papaya" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.44% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "papaya": Carica Papaya ♦ papaya family ♦ papaya juice ♦ papaya tree. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
papaya | 584 | papaya extract | 11 |
clothing papaya | 60 | company list papaya | 11 |
papaya enzyme | 58 | papaya soap | 11 |
grays papaya | 54 | papaya plant | 11 |
agriculture papaya | 37 | importer papaya | 9 |
papaya tree | 35 | morphology papaya | 9 |
papaya recipe | 33 | miss papaya | 7 |
papaya maradol | 29 | papaya picture | 7 |
green papaya | 29 | dog grays hot papaya | 7 |
clothing papaya store | 28 | papaya tablet | 7 |
carica papaya | 24 | greys papaya | 6 |
papaya fruit | 20 | eat papaya | 6 |
papaya seed | 19 | papaya seed dressing | 6 |
papaya store | 18 | green papaya salad | 6 |
dried papaya | 15 | nutrition papaya | 6 |
papaya salad | 14 | cultivo de papaya | 6 |
clothes papaya | 13 | papaya salsa | 6 |
papaya enzymes | 13 | gray papaya | 6 |
scent of green papaya | 12 | benefit papaya | 6 |
papaya king | 12 | clothing company papaya | 6 |
growing papaya | 6 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "papaya"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | papaja (papaw). (various references) | |
Arabic | ثمر البابيا, شجرة الباباي, بابيا ثمرة إستوائية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | папая (papaw). (various references) | |
Chamorro | papaya. (various references) | |
Chinese | 番木瓜. (various references) | |
Czech | papája. (various references) | |
Danish | papaya (melon tree, papaia, papaw, papaya tree, pawpaw tree), melontrae (melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references) | |
Dutch | papaja (papaw). (various references) | |
Esperanto | papajo (papaw). (various references) | |
Farsi | پاپایه , میوه عنبه هندی . (various references) | |
Finnish | papaija (melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw tree), melonipuu (melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references) | |
French | papaye (pawpaw). (various references) | |
German | papaye, papaya. (various references) | |
Greek | τροπικό δένδρο και ο καρπόσ του. (various references) | |
Hungarian | papaya. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pepaya. (various references) | |
Italian | papaia (melon tree, papaia, papaw, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | パノラマ写真 (palladium, panoramic photograph, Papa, paprika, papyrus, parachute, parachute skirt, paradigm, paradigm shift, paradise, paraglider, paragraph, parapsychology, paraquat, parasail, parasite single, parasol, Parathion, paratyphus, parfait, pavilion, Pavlov, performance, perfume, perfumer, pub, public, public acceptance, public corporation, public course, public domain, public house, public opinion, public relations, public school, public servant, public space, publicity, puff, puff sleeve, puppy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | パパイヤ , パパイア . (various references) | |
Korean | 파파야. (various references) | |
Maya | puut (to carry). (various references) | |
Papiamen | papaya (papaw). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apayapay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | papaia (papaw), mamoeiro (papaw), mamão (melon tree, papaia, papaw, papaya tree, pawpaw tree). (various references) | |
Romanian | fructul de papaya, arborele papaya. (various references) | |
Russian | папайя (pawpaw). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | papaja. (various references) | |
Spanish | papaya (papaw, pawpaw). (various references) | |
Sranan | papaya (papaw). (various references) | |
Swedish | papayaträd (papaw), papayafrukt, papaya (papaw, pawpaw). (various references) | |
Tahitian | '“'“ta. (various references) | |
Turkish | papaya (papaw, pawpaw). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | диняче дерево (papaw, pawpaw). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cây đu đủ quả đu đ (papaw). (various references) | |
Yucatec | put (papaw). (various references) | |
Zulu | uphopho (papaw). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Carica papaya. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "papaya": papayan, papayas. (additional references) | |
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"Papaya" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pacaya, Paiakan, Panayi, Panayia, papagayo, Papai, papaia, papain, Papay, Papia, papisa, papya, pasay, Pikaia, popay, Popayan, Poppaea, Pralaya, Upadaya, wahaya. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "papaya" (pronounced pupī"u) |
| 3 | -p ī" u | rupiah. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-p-p-y" | |
-2 letters: papa. | |
-3 letters: pap, pay, pya, yap. | |
-4 letters: aa, ay, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-p-p-y" | |
+1 letter: papayan, papayas. | |
+4 letters: naprapathy. | |
+5 letters: applaudably. | |
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