: a North American tree (Asimina triloba) of the custard-apple family with purple flowers and an edible green-skinned fruit
also: its fruit
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This is the most consequential pest specific to pawpaw trees.—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 17 May 2026 Special collections include a pitcher plant bog, native azaleas and more than 15 cultivars of pawpaw.—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026 Salazar's ship sails toward the Mediterranean with skewers of harissa marinated chicken and the deep Midwest with a pawpaw leche de tigre served with Gulf shrimp ceviche.—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026 Some fruit trees with taproots, including pawpaws, citrus trees, and persimmons, may struggle when grown from bare-root plants, but are much easier to grow from potted ones.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pawpaw