Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun papaya

2 senses of papaya

Sense 1
papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya -- (tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit)
       => fruit tree -- (tree bearing edible fruit)

Sense 2
papaya -- (large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh)
       => edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)