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PAPAYA TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Synonyms:
Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("papaya tree" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "papaya tree"):
papaya (large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh)
Holonyms ("papaya tree" is a member of...):
Carica; genus Carica (type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas)