Papaw
[pə'pɔː]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.
(n.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
埃德娜校對
解釋/意思:
n. the tree Carica papaya or its fruit native to South America but common in the tropics the trunk leaves and fruit yielding papain (q.v.) the leaves forming a powerful anthelmintic: the tree Asimina triloba or its fruit native to the United States.
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