Noun pawpaw has 3 senses
- papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
--1 is a kind of fruit tree
--1 is a member of Carica, genus Carica
--1 has parts: papaya
- pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba - small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
--2 is a kind of custard apple, custard apple tree
--2 is a member of Asimina, genus Asimina
--2 has parts: papaw, pawpaw
- papaw, pawpaw - fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
--3 is a kind of edible fruit
--3 is a part of pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba
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