Papaw

  1. Proper noun.  (context, Southern US) ''Used in addressing or referring to one’s grandfather, especially the paternal grandfather.''.
  2. Proper noun.  (context, Southern US) ''Used in addressing or referring to one’s father.''.
  3. Noun.   tree, ''Carica papaya'', of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.