Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Papaw

Papaw , noun

[Probably from the native name in the West Indies; compare Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]

1.
(Botany) Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2.
2.
(Botany) A tree of the genus Asimina (Asimina triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself. — Gray