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    PAPAYA TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("papaya tree" is a kind of...):

    fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

    Meronyms (parts of "papaya tree"):

    papaya (large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh)

    Holonyms ("papaya tree" is a member of...):

    Carica; genus Carica (type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas)

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