pawpaw

C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈpɔpɔ/ UK /ˈpɔːpɔː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a North American tree or its edible fruit; also a name for the papaya

They gathered ripe pawpaw fruit along the riverbank.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a north american tree or... papawpapaya

Word family

Related forms papaya

Etymology

An alteration of papaya, ultimately from Spanish papaya, borrowed from a Carib or Arawakan word of the Caribbean. In North America the name was transferred to the unrelated Asimina tree.

papaya Spanish

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Topics

Plants & Agriculture

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# pawpaw

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɔpɔ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɔːpɔː/

## Meanings
1. a North American tree or its edible fruit; also a name for the papaya

## Examples
- They gathered ripe pawpaw fruit along the riverbank.

## Synonyms
- papaw
- papaya

## Related Forms
- papaya

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: papaya

## Etymology
An alteration of papaya, ultimately from Spanish papaya, borrowed from a Carib or Arawakan word of the Caribbean. In North America the name was transferred to the unrelated Asimina tree.

## AI Etymology
Pawpaw is an alteration of papaya, ultimately from Spanish papaya, borrowed from a Carib or Arawakan word of the Caribbean. In North America the name was transferred to the unrelated Asimina tree. Important recorded forms include papaya (Spanish). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a North American tree or its edible fruit; also a name for the papaya. The wider family includes related words such as papaya.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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