'Asimina triloba' definitions:
Definition of 'Asimina triloba'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba]
Definition of 'Asimina triloba'
From: GCIDE
- Papaw \Pa*paw"\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] [Written also pawpaw.]
- 1. (Bot.) Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. (Bot.) A tree of the genus Asimina (Asimina triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself. --Gray. [1913 Webster]