papaw

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
noun fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

From papaya.

=papaya=, f., the fruit of the papaw tree. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
=Papaw= The papaw is another fruit I knew well as a child. — On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, Lina Beard
Men also must climb the trees to gather such fruits as the papaw and the seeds of the cokerite or the peach palms. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

pawpaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba

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