n. An American deciduous tree, Asimina triloba, having edible fruit.
n. The fruit of this tree.
n. Grandfather.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Same as papaya.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See papaw.
Naughty.
Improper; naughty; indecent; obscene: a nursery word.
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n. tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
n. small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
n. fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
Word Usage
"Daddy grew rubber trees, papaya (which we called pawpaw), mangoes (which we called plums), guavas, and ptanga, a greenish orange fruit that showered your mouth and cheeks with its tart-sweet juice."