Associations to the word «Papaw»

Wiktionary

PAPAW, noun. A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
PAPAW, noun. (US) (dialect) (Southern US) One's grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather.
PAPAW, noun. (US) (dialect) (Southern US) (less commonly) One's father.

Dictionary definition

PAPAW, noun. Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
PAPAW, noun. Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats