Found 2 items, similar to Papaw.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: papaw
papaw
n 1: small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong
leaves and fleshy fruit [syn:
pawpaw,
papaw tree,
Asimina triloba
]
2: fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples [syn:
pawpaw]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Papaw
Papaw
\Pa*paw"\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West
Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
[Written also
pawpaw.]
1. (Bot.) Same as
papaya, senses 1 and 2.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Bot.) A tree of the genus
Asimina (
Asimina triloba),
growing in the western and southern parts of the United
States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the
fruit itself. --Gray.
[1913 Webster]