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

3 senses of pawpaw

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
pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba -- (small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit)
       => custard apple, custard apple tree -- (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

Sense 3
papaw, pawpaw -- (fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples)
       => edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)