1. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
   - papaya, papaia, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya 
2. Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
   - papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba 
3. Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
   - papaw

Derived forms: pawpaws

Type of: custard apple, custard apple tree, edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: Asimina, Carica, genus Asimina, genus Carica

Encyclopedia: Pawpaw

• top off
• top onion
• top out
• top quark
• top round
• top up
• top-down
• top-drawer
• top-flight
• top-grade
• top-heavy
• top-hole
• top-level
• top-post
• top-quality
• top-secret
• topaz
• topcoat
• topdress
• tope
• topee
• Topeka
• toper
• toper's nose
• topgallant