Weißt du, bei all dem, was es hier zu essen gibt, den Brotfrüchten und Mangos, den Papayas und Fisch, besteht kein Zweifel, dass wir hier jahrelang überleben können.For All Debts Public and Private (2002)
n. [ Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw. ] 1. (Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreæ; called also papaw and pawpaw. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
2. The fruit of the papaya tree; it is a dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled. The fruit contains papain, a protease. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]