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papaya

noun
🔊/pəˈpaɪə/
🔊/pəˈpaɪə/
(British English also pawpaw)
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  1. a tropical fruit with yellow and green skin, that is orange or red inside with round black seeds番木瓜；（俗称）木瓜
    Topics Foodc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese (see pawpaw).