PAPAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does papaw mean? 

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

1. small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit

2. fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

  Familiarity information: PAPAW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asimina triloba; papaw; papaw tree; pawpaw

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

custard apple; custard apple tree (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

Meronyms (parts of "papaw"):

papaw; pawpaw (fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples)

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

Asimina; genus Asimina (pawpaw)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

papaw; pawpaw

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

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

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

Asimina triloba; papaw; papaw tree; pawpaw (small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit)