papaya

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈpaɪə/, /pəˈpɑːjə/

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

    

Synonyms

• pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree / fruit

Translations

• French: papayier
• Portuguese: mamoeiro
• Russian: папа́йя
• Spanish: papayo

Translations

• French: papaye
• German: Papaya
• Italian: papaia
• Portuguese: (Brazil) mamão, papaia
• Russian: папа́йя
• Spanish: papaya, fruta bomba (Cuban standard usage - Eastern Cuba: papaya), lechosa (Dominican Republic), mamón (Argentina)

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