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CARICA PAPAYA

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Meaning:

Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

Synonyms:

Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Carica papaya" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Carica papaya"):

papaya (large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh)

Holonyms ("Carica papaya" is a member of...):

Carica; genus Carica (type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas)

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