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papaw

Papaw is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter W for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America belonging to the order Passifloreae. 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. Also its dull orange-colored melon-shaped fruit which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.
(n.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba) growing in the western and southern parts of the United States and producing a sweet edible fruit; also the fruit itself.

Syllable Information

The word papaw is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for papaw is: pa-paw


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