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Papaya   Listen
noun
papaya  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae; 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.
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.






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... (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.



Words linked to "Papaya" :   papaia, melon tree, papaya family, Carica, papaya tree, fruit tree, pawpaw, edible fruit, genus Carica



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