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papaya

[puh-pah-yuh] / pəˈpɑ jə /


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On one end, the route took the avocado and papaya from Mexico to Asia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Here I am, in my house, surrounded by a yard filled with passion fruit, papaya, cucumbers, avocados, chard and yes, uchche.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

U.S. and Cook Islands government news releases showed him in a suit picking at pieces of pineapple and papaya as he sat opposite a group of diplomats in Hawaiian-style shirts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

His cooks minced the meat with papaya, saffron and spices and made it so fine and silky that it needed no chewing.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

He had a square house with a red tile roof, and his garden was full of heavily laden banana and papaya trees.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In the back are fruits and veggies that no longer look perfect: mushy papayas, wilting spinach and bruised tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024

During Vodou ceremonies, lwa are offered treats ranging from papayas and coffee to popcorn, lollipops and cheese puffs.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

If small-scale farmers grow fruit trees amid their crops, for example, they can eat those bananas or papayas themselves while selling the rest of the harvest.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

When I was little, there were no kiwis, papayas or fresh blueberries or raspberries readily available, certainly not year-round like stores have today.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2023

Here in Bat Deng’s market, long homemade wooden tables display dried fish, slabs of pork, yellow naked chickens, green beans, white corn, red tomatoes, orange mangoes, ripe guava, papayas, and some precooked food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung


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