papaya
pronunciation
How to pronounce papaya in British English:
UK [pəˈpaɪə]
How to pronounce papaya in American English:
US [pəˈpɑjə]
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- Noun:
- tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
- large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
Word Origin
- papaya (n.)
- 1590s for fruit, 1610s for tree, from Spanish, probably from Arawakan (West Indies) papaya.
Example
- 1. Oatmeal can be mixed into avocado and papaya to help exfoliate .
- 2. Fuji apples , grapes , strawberries , and papaya were plentiful .
- 3. Lycopene can also be found in some other fruits , such as watermelon , pink grapefruit , pink guava , papaya , and apricot .
- 4. Since then , the government has moved cautiously , granting two further approvals , for gm poplar trees and papaya .
- 5. At dusk , makeshift stalls in the market offered spicy raw papaya salad and fried mekong river catfish .