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PAPAIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does papaia mean?
• PAPAIA (noun)
The noun PAPAIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Familiarity information: PAPAIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw
Hypernyms ("papaia" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "papaia"):
papaya (large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh)
Holonyms ("papaia" is a member of...):
Carica; genus Carica (type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas)
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