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Definition of Papaws

Papaw
Papaw Pa*paw", n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] [Written also pawpaw.] 1. (Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passiflore[ae]. 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.

Meaning of Papaws from wikipedia

- The original "papaw" ... is Carica papaya. By 1598, English-speaking people in the Caribbean were calling these plants "pawpaws" or "papaws" ... [yet later...
- ringspot potyvirus Papaya distortion mosaic virus Papaya leaf distortion virus Papaw distortion ringspot virus Papaw mosaic virus Watermelon mosaic virus 1...
- The papaya (/pəˈpaɪə/, US: /pəˈpɑːjə/), papaw, (/pəˈpɔː/) or pawpaw (/ˈpɔːpɔː/) is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in...
- USCGC Papaw (WLB-308) was a sea-going buoy tender whose design is based on the pre-World War II United States Lighthouse Service Tenders. The original...
- Paw Paw, Paw paw, or pawpaw may refer to: Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, commonly known as pawpaws Common pawpaw...
- picture at least a 1,000 timesremarked that he – that her father, my Papaw – had high ch**** bones – 'like all of the Indians do'. Because that's how...
- The common name (American) pawpaw, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps because of the superficial...
- by his grandparents, James and Bonnie Vance, whom they called "Mamaw and Papaw." J. D. later went by the name James Hamel, his stepfather's surname, until...
- dwelling on my family and the complexity to all the men’s relationships. My papaw was not a warm person, but he showed his affection through hard work. He...
- medicinal properties of pawpaws, Thomas Lucas developed and marketed Lucas' Papaw Ointment, which is still produced by Lucas's descendants from a location...