papaw

IPA: pˈɔpɔ

A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
(US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) A father.
(US, dialect, Southern US) Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather. [Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:]

Examples of "papaw" in Sentences

The papaw is another fruit I knew well as a child.
My papaw, my dad, and me all have killed many deer with it.
"Can I be your papaw?" one of the men asked and she shook her head.
I have a marlin 35. lever and it's been in my family since my papaw.
Papaya, in Peru, and that "papaw" is merely a corruption of that name.
Minor crops, such as papaw, jujube and acorn, are given equal space next to apples, pears and walnuts. and Your Budget
[20] A delicate and refreshing fruit, the _Carica papaya_; sometimes called "papaw," but is not the same as the papaw of North America
He wont even stay with his beloved papaw, he cried when i dropped him off with his shawna at church, oh, and he's pretending to be a baby who has suddenly forgotten how to do oh everything.