papaya
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- noun
- /pəˈpaɪə/
:
papayo
- In Hawaii, many people enjoy the sweet taste of fresh papaya for breakfast.
- papaya tree
- papaya orchard
My grandma was a huge papaya grower, yes.
- My grandma was a huge papaya grower, yes.
Examples
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Now, more than 80% of Hawaiian papaya trees are immune to ringspot.
Academic text (2012) -
The green papaya tree sways in the wind as five-year-old Su-In chants to the rhythms of a pebble game with her friends.
Academic text (2005) -
My grandma was a huge papaya grower, yes.
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Still, even though the papaya leaves had died, the huge papayas still looked delicious and healthy.
Blog text (12) -
A big, ugly toad sat under the papaya tree.
Fiction book (2002) -
The tropical dish featured slices of papaya garnished with mint leaves.
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She added papaya to her smoothie for a tropical flavor and extra nutrition.
Synonyms
A tropical tree that produces large sweet yellow fruit
A tropical tree that grows sweet yellow-orange fruit and has very large leaves
A tropical small tree with large yellow fruit called papaya
A small tropical tree that grows papayas
A tropical fruit with sweet orange flesh eaten fresh
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of tropical trees and plants that include papaya and have milky sap and large leaves
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Etymology
Papaya comes from a Caribbean native name that Spanish explorers adopted, so the plant kept the same name when it reached English. That's why papaya also means the tropical 'tree' or shrub that grows the sweet orange fruit.