papaya
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2.4
- noun
- /pəˈpaɪə/
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papaya
- For dessert, we had a fruit salad that included papaya, pineapple, and kiwi.
- fresh papaya
- papaya fruit
- papaya tree
What I brought to my last flight were slices of papaya, buckwheat.
- What I brought to my last flight were slices of papaya, buckwheat.
- If you wanted to make a papaya apple salad, Google that.
- And so, and now there's not a papaya on the planet that's not that's not a GMO.
- And then a little mango and mango, passion fruit and papaya.
- It's just basically papaya salad, but it tastes like rubber bands, vinegar and Tabasco.
- Now proteolytic enzymes are found in certain types of fruit such as Kiwis, figs, pineapples, papaya.
- Like we we ate this papaya salad that, you know, he helped them make it not too spicy because, you know, they could really torch an American over there.
- So pretty juicy papaya lip butter.
Examples
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Claude confessed that this was her favorite fruit: papaya with green skin and red pulp.
Fiction book (2001) -
You've got mangos, papayas, tourists... and they're all so delicious!
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I got the papaya juice you asked for.
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Hey, Mama, this one has fresh papaya.
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We really got some great papayas.
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The smell of ripe papayas.
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For breakfast, she'd left instructions for papaya with lime and fresh squeezed orange juice.
Fiction book (1995) -
We wake up every morning and eat mangoes, papayas, and cinnamon Danishes.
Fiction book (2002) -
My exotic blend of papaya, mango, and the guava are temptingly delightful, with a splash of passion fruit that will curl your toes.
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I enjoyed a refreshing smoothie made with ripe papaya and banana.
Synonyms
A tropical fruit with sweet orange flesh eaten fresh
A tropical small tree with large yellow fruit called papaya
A tropical tree that produces large sweet yellow fruit
A small tropical tree that grows papayas
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of tropical trees and plants that include papaya and have milky sap and large leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
Papaya comes from a Caribbean native name that Spanish explorers adopted, so the fruit kept its original name. That's why papaya now means the large, sweet tropical 'fruit' with orange flesh.