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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: papain
papain
n : a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used
as a meat tenderizer
English → English (gcide)
Definition: papain
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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