ALL meanings of papaya
pa·pa·ya
P p - noun papaya tropical fruit 1
- noun papaya the large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked. 1
- noun papaya the tree itself. 1
- countable noun papaya A papaya is a fruit with a green skin, sweet yellow flesh, and small black seeds. Papayas grow on trees in hot countries such as the West Indies. 0
- noun papaya a Caribbean evergreen tree, Carica papaya, with a crown of large dissected leaves and large green hanging fruit: family Caricaceae 0
- noun papaya the fruit of this tree, having a yellow or reddish orange sweet edible pulp and small black seeds 0
- noun papaya 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 0
- noun papaya its fruit, eaten raw or cooked, and also valued for its juice 0
- adjective papaya designating a family (Caricaceae, order Violales) of tropical and subtropical dicotyledonous trees and shrubs 0