pawpaw

Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya from Galibi Carib [Term?]; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.

• paw-paw

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
   1. Asimina, the pawpaw genus, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
   2. Papaya or pawpaw (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree
   3. Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America
2. The fruit of these trees.

• pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

1. Grandfather.

• Used as a term of address (hence often initial-capitalized).

pawpáw

1. level to the brim

• pantay-labi