"pawpaw" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːpɔː/, /ˈpɑːpɑː/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pawpaw.wav Forms: pawpaws [plural]
Etymology: Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya (which is botanically unrelated) from Kari'na kapaja; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown. Via Yuchi pahpah Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Asimina triloba|species}} Asimina triloba, {{der|en|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{der|en|es|papaya}} Spanish papaya, {{der|en|car|kapaja}} Kari'na kapaja, {{der|en|yuc|pahpah}} Yuchi pahpah Head templates: {{en-noun}} pawpaw (plural pawpaws)
  1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
    Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
    Categories (lifeform): Custard apple family plants Translations (Asimina): асимина (asimina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), chirimoyo de la Florida [masculine] (Spanish), banano de montaña [masculine] (Spanish) Translations (Asimina triloba): pápá [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-pawpaw-en-noun-HhhjpD31 Disambiguation of Custard apple family plants: 26 9 27 27 12 Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 12 40 10 Disambiguation of 'Asimina': 55 17 21 7 Disambiguation of 'Asimina triloba': 55 18 18 10
  2. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
    Papaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.
    Translations (Carica papaya): папая (papaja) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-pawpaw-en-noun-Ycrb8e6g Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 12 40 10 Disambiguation of 'Carica papaya': 19 61 15 5
  3. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
    Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America.
    Categories (lifeform): Brassicales order plants, Custard apple family plants, Fruits
    Sense id: en-pawpaw-en-noun-dQ3rq~Qf Disambiguation of Brassicales order plants: 27 13 37 8 15 Disambiguation of Custard apple family plants: 26 9 27 27 12 Disambiguation of Fruits: 20 12 38 14 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 11 32 10 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 16 46 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 13 35 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 14 35 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 30 15 45 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 14 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 14 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 13 50 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 14 51 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 12 40 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 13 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 26 14 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 15 42 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 31 15 44 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 15 44 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 13 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 14 52 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 31 15 44 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 15 45 10
  4. The fruit of these trees. Categories (lifeform): Custard apple family plants Synonyms: bandango, custard apple, hillbilly mango, prairie banana
    Sense id: en-pawpaw-en-noun-mGdvdj9M Disambiguation of Custard apple family plants: 26 9 27 27 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paw-paw Translations (any of several trees): асимина (asimina) [feminine] (Bulgarian) Translations (fruit): ببو فاكهَة (Arabic), папая (papaja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 泡泡 (pàopào) (Chinese Mandarin), papaija (Finnish), asimina [feminine] (French), Papau [feminine] (German), Asimina [feminine] (German), pápá [masculine] (Irish), ポーポー (pōpō) (Japanese), папа́ја (papája) [feminine] (Macedonian), papaia (Maori), pōpō (Maori), mamão [masculine] (Portuguese), азимина (azimina) [feminine] (Russian), асимина (asimina) [feminine] (Russian), papaya [feminine] (Spanish), papai (Swahili), pawpaw [common-gender] (Swedish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'any of several trees': 30 30 30 9 Disambiguation of 'fruit': 18 29 21 32

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːpɔː/, /ˈpɑːpɑː/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pawpaw.wav Forms: pawpaws [plural]
Etymology: Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father). Head templates: {{en-noun}} pawpaw (plural pawpaws)
  1. (dialectal or colloquial) Grandfather. Tags: colloquial, dialectal Categories (topical): Male family members Categories (lifeform): Custard apple family plants Synonyms: peepaw, pepaw, papaw, pappaw Related terms: mamaw
    Sense id: en-pawpaw-en-noun-y8SmV3Zp Disambiguation of Male family members: 18 6 23 5 49 Disambiguation of Custard apple family plants: 26 9 27 27 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "[2015, Andrew Moore, Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 1:",
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          "ref": "2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 254:",
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          "ref": "2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɑːpɑː/",
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      "word": "泡泡"
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      "sense": "fruit",
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        "Grandfather."
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    {
      "word": "peepaw"
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      "word": "papaw"
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    {
      "word": "pappaw"
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}

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