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• Papaya — Taxobox name = Papaya image caption = Papaya tree and fruit, from Koehler s Medicinal Plants (1887) regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Brassicales familia = Caricaceae genus …   Wikipedia

• papaya — papayan, adj. /peuh pah yeuh/, n. 1. the large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked. 2. the tree itself. Also called pawpaw. [1760 70; < Sp < Carib (Hispaniola)] * * * Large… …   Universalium

• Papaya — Papayafrucht (Carica papaya) Systematik Rosiden Eurosiden II Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• papaya — pa*pa ya, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] 1. (Bot.) A tree ({Carica Papaya}) of tropical America, belonging to the order {Passiflore[ae]}; called also {papaw} and {pawpaw}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• papaya — [pə pī′ə, pəpä′yə] n. [Sp < Carib or Arawak name of the fruit] 1. a tropical American tree (Carica papaya) of the papaya family, resembling a palm, having a bunch of large leaves at the top, and bearing a large, oblong, yellowish orange fruit… …   English World dictionary

• Papaya (disambiguation) — Papaya is a fruit of the plant Carica papaya and is sometimes also called pawpaw. Papaya can also refer to: *Papaya (group), an all girl pop music group from South Korea *Papaya (singer) or Miss Papaya, stage names of Danish singer and musician… …   Wikipedia

• papaya — (n.) 1590s for fruit, 1610s for tree, from Spanish, probably from Arawakan (W.Indies) papaya …   Etymology dictionary

• papaya — ► NOUN ▪ a tropical fruit like an elongated melon, with edible orange flesh and small black seeds. ORIGIN Spanish and Portuguese, from Carib …   English terms dictionary

• Papaya ringspot virus — Taxobox color=violet name = Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) virus group = IV: (+)sense RNA Viruses familia = Potyviridae genus = Potyvirus species = Papaya ringspot virus synonyms = Papaya ringspot potyvirus papaya distortion mosaic virus papaya… …   Wikipedia

• fruit tree — noun tree bearing edible fruit (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree, ↑avocado, ↑avocado tree …   Useful english dictionary

• papaya — The fruit of the papaw (pawpaw), Carica p. (family Caricaceae), a tree of tropical America; it possesses a proteolytic action and is the source of papain. SYN: carica. [Sp.] * * * pa·pa·ya pə pī ə n a tropical American tree of the genus Carica (C …   Medical dictionary