papayas

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.

   Synonyms:

   pawpaw

2. The fruit of this tree.
   • It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 135

   Synonyms:

   pawpaw

3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.