CARICA PAPAYA
\kˈaɹɪkə pɐpˈa͡ɪə], \kˈaɹɪkə pɐpˈaɪə], \k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_k_ə p_ɐ_p_ˈaɪ__ə]\
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tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
By Princeton University
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tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A plant genus of the family Caricaceae, order Violales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida. It is the source of edible fruit and PAPAIN.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A native of America, India, and Africa. The fruit has somewhat of the flavour of the pumpkin, and is eaten like it. The milky juice of the plant and the seed and root have been regarded as anthelmintic. The papaw, of North America, belongs to the order Anonaceae, (Ano'na seu Asi'mina seu Porcel'ia seu Uva'ria tri'loba, Ficus In'dica, Orchidocar'pum arieti'num,) Custard Apple Family.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).