Papaya Meaning
/pəˈpaɪ.ə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
nounThe fruit of this tree.
Sentence Examples
Ripe papaya smells like vomit.
Would you like mango, apples and papaya?
Between them, India and Brazil produce over half the world's papaya.
CEFR Practice Quiz
For breakfast, she ate a fresh tropical fruit salad with mango and ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She sliced a ripe ____ and squeezed lime juice over it for a refreshing tropical breakfast.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Doublet of pawpaw.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For breakfast, she ate a fresh tropical fruit salad with mango and ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She sliced a ripe ____ and squeezed lime juice over it for a refreshing tropical breakfast.