PAPAYA

papaya

(noun) large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya

(noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit

The fruit of this tree.

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

Source: Wiktionary