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papaya

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noun
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As a noun, papaya means a tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.

Meanings of papaya

5 meanings

noun

  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.

  2. The fruit of this tree.

  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

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

    Similar: papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya

  5. Large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish fleshfood

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Synonyms by meaning

noun: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply …
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Words that rhyme with papaya

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