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nountropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
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nounlarge oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish fleshtype of:part of:
Definition that contains papaya
- papain a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer
- carica type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas
- genus carica type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas
- papaya juice juice from papayas