papaya
noun/pəˈpaɪə/
/pəˈpaɪə/
(British English also pawpaw)
- a tropical fruit with yellow and green skin, that is orange or red inside with round black seedsTopics Foodc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese (see pawpaw).
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