pawpaw

noun
🔊/ˈpɔːpɔː/
🔊/ˈpɔːpɔː/
(British English)
(also papaya British and North American English)
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  1. a tropical fruit with yellow and green skin, that is orange or red inside with round black seedsTopics Foodc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese papaya, of Carib origin. The change in spelling is unexplained.