PAPAYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does papaya mean? 

• PAPAYA (noun)
  The noun PAPAYA has 2 senses:

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

2. large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

  Familiarity information: PAPAYA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPAYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw

Hypernyms ("papaya" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "papaya"):

papaya (large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh)

Holonyms ("papaya" is a member of...):

Carica; genus Carica (type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("papaya" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("papaya" is a part of...):

Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw (tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit)

 Context examples 

A substance found in the pits of many fruits such as apricots and papayas, and in other foods.

(Amygdalin, NCI Dictionary)

He counted alfalfa, sugar beet, papaya, squash, eggplant, potato and apple among GM crops already in the market.

(GM tech expands with more crops to more countries, SciDev.Net)