Definition of pawpaw

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • pawpaw is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
  • pawpaw is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
  • pawpaw is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of pawpaw


  • tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. carica papaya
    2. melon tree
    3. papaia
    4. papaya
    5. papaya tree
  • fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. papaw
  • small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. asimina triloba
    2. papaw
    3. papaw tree

See definition of pawpaw in Merriam Webster