pawpaw
/ˈpɔˌpɔ/
noun
- A North American tree with large leaves and edible yellowish fruit with a sweet, custard-like flesh.
- The pawpaw fruit tastes like a mix of banana and mango.
- Pawpaw trees grow wild in many parts of the eastern United States.
- We planted a pawpaw tree in the backyard last spring.
- The fruit of the pawpaw tree.
- She sliced a ripe pawpaw and added it to the fruit salad.
- The farmer sold fresh pawpaws at the market.
- Pawpaw is often used in pies and ice cream.
- A tropical tree (also called papaya) that produces a large, melon-like fruit; or the fruit itself. (Common in Caribbean and some other English dialects.)
- He cut open a pawpaw and scooped out the black seeds.
- In Jamaica, pawpaw is a popular breakfast fruit.
- Pawpaw smoothies are refreshing on a hot day.