papaya

Noun

Meaning

tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pawpaw papaya tree papaia Carica papaya melon tree berry citron mulberry gooseberry chestnut raspberry musk currant date fruit
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Hypernyms

fruit fruit tree edible fruit

Phrases with the word

green papaya papaya fruit fly papaya webworm papaya webworm moth tree papaya

Examples

Somerset Maugham refers more than once to the pleasure of the Malayan morning - papaya and eggs and bacon and strong British tea taken while the air is cool and the sun awaits its sudden thrust into the green land.... Anthony Burgess

She lunched on papaya poo poo or mango mu mu or some other fruity foo foo bursting with overripe tropical vowels. Tom Robbins

The sun setting on the Ucayali, with the Andean foothills in the background, and the taste of freshly cut papaya in my mouth, restoring a body utterly shattered, made for one of those 'ones to tell the grandchildren' memories. Mark Barrowcliffe

I'm a really huge fan of papaya juice. Andy Milonakis

As of 2010, the only way to protect papaya from this virus is genetic modification. citation The papaya mosaic virus destroys the plant until only a small tuft of leaves are left. Source: Internet

Bánh Chưng is often served with pickles including daikon, green papaya, chile peppers, carrots, and leeks. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

papaw papaw pumpkin papaw tree papaya family papaya fruit fly papaya juice