Papaw
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. The
carica papaya, a tree growing in warm climates to the
highth of eighteen or twenty feet, with a soft
herbaceous stem, naked nearly to the top, where the leaves issue on every side on long foot-stalks. Between the leaves grow the flower and the fruit, which is of the size of a
melon. The juice is
acrid and
milky, but the fruit when boiled is eaten with meat, like other vegetables.
2. The papaw of North America belongs to the genus
Annona or
custard apple.
Papaw
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A tree (
Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft,
spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a
tuft of large, long-
stalked,
palmately lobed leaves. The
milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored,
melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and
cooked or
pickled.
2. A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet
edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
