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 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]