[
US
/pəˈpaɪə/
]
[ UK /pɐpˈaɪɐ/ ]
[ UK /pɐpˈaɪɐ/ ]
NOUN
- large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
- tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
How To Use papaya In A Sentence
- Using a large spoon, scoop out thick slivers of papaya flesh and pile onto the salad. Times, Sunday Times
- Halve the papaya, scoop out the seeds, peel the flesh then chop roughly.
- Rohitha bought several bunches of bananas and all the papaya fruits on display, while Pala bought a packet each of the green gram, sesame and ranawara.
- I don't drink any alcohol but I love papaya juice and drink tons of mineral water.
- The cryptoxanthin in mangoes, oranges and papayas seems to decrease the risk of cervical cancer. A Prescriptive Palette
- [20] A delicate and refreshing fruit, the _Carica papaya_; sometimes called "papaw," but is not the same as the papaw of North America The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55 1604-1605 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing
- A green papaya salad from Thailand and a lamb-and-prune tagine from Morocco are among Wayne's specialties.
- We must swap carrots for sweet potatoes; shun spinach and embrace kale; forgo oranges and prefer papaya. Times, Sunday Times
- Another phytochemical, betacryptoxanthin, is found in orange juice, tangerines, papayas, peaches and mangoes.
- Anon papaya is a cultured palate some don't like it. Papaya Banana Smoothie