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papaya 音标拼音: [pəp'ɑɪə] n. 番木瓜 番木瓜 papaya n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [ synonym: { papaya}, { papaia}, { pawpaw}, { papaya tree}, { melon tree}, { Carica papaya}] 2: large oval melon- like tropical fruit with yellowish fleshpapaya \ pa* pa" ya\, n. [ Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] 1. ( Bot.) A tree ({ Carica Papaya}) of tropical America, belonging to the order { Passiflore[ ae]}; called also { papaw} and { pawpaw}. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long- stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 2. The fruit of the papaya tree; it is a dull orange- colored, melon- shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled. The fruit contains { papain}, a protease. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
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