Papaya Definition

pə-päyə
papayas
noun
papayas
A tropical American tree (Carica papaya) of the papaya family, resembling a palm, having a bunch of large leaves at the top, and bearing a large, oblong, yellowish-orange fruit like a melon.
Webster's New World
Its fruit, eaten raw or cooked, and also valued for its juice.
Webster's New World
The fruit of this tree, having soft pink to orange flesh and numerous small black seeds.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating a family (Caricaceae, order Violales) of tropical and subtropical dicotyledonous trees and shrubs.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Papaya

Noun

Singular:
papaya
Plural:
papayas

Origin of Papaya

  • From Spanish, originally from Arawak papáia

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish papaya of Arawakan origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Papaya Sentence Examples

  • The small farm produces papaya, string beans, dasheen and plantain.

  • The Fruit Blend, for example, contains powdered tangerine, apple, mango, papaya, plum and dozens more fruits, some exotic and some prosaic.

  • The Digestive Blend contains bean extracts and powders, enzymatic powders such as bromelain (derived from the pineapple) and papain (derived from the papaya), soy and herbs such as milk thistle, a liver cleansing herb.

  • For vitamin A the NGO trains villagers to grow and eat papaya, pumpkins, carrots and other yellow vegetables.

  • The resistance of the transgenic papaya allowed farmers to directly reclaim their farms without first clearing their land of all infected papaya trees.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAP

Words Ending With

AYAAYA

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

Starts With P & Ends With AStarts With PA & Ends With AStarts With P & Ends With YA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With A