pawpaw

n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply

palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

[syn: {papaya}, {papaia}, {papaya tree}, {melon tree}, {Carica

papaya}]

2: small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong

leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: {papaw}, {papaw tree}, {Asimina

triloba}]

3: yellow-fleshed fruit related to custard apples [syn: {papaw}]