Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: papaw
IPA transcription: [p'ɔpɔ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: papaw, pawpaw
    Meaning: fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
  • Synonyms: pawpaw, papaw, papaw_tree, Asimina_triloba
    Meaning: small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
Usage examples
  • Crowded around it were thickets of papaw, wild grape-vines, thorn, dogwood, and red haw, that attracted bug and insect; and just across the old snake fence was a field of mellow mould sloping to the river, that soon would be plowed for corn, turning out numberless big fat grubs.