Pa·paw n. [Written also pawpaw.]
1. Bot. Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2.
2. Bot. A tree of the genus Asimina (Asimina triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
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Asimina triloba
n : small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong
leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: pawpaw, papaw, papaw
tree]