pawpaw

USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "papaw."
pawpaw(
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la asimina
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Once you remove the seeds, you can eat the flesh of the pawpaw.Una vez que quitas las semillas, puedes comer la pulpa de la asimina.
b. la chirimoya de Florida
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
We always ate the pawpaws that grew in my backyard growing up.Siempre comíamos las chirimoyas de Florida que crecían en mi jardín cuando era niño.
2. (oval-shaped fruit with red flesh)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. la papaya
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
There's nothing better than eating a fresh papaw on the beach.No hay nada mejor que comer una papaya fresca en la playa.
b. la fruta bomba
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Regionalism used in Cuba
(Cuba)
We ate bananas and pawpaws.Comimos plátanos y frutas bomba.
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