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Growing Conditions: Full sun and rich, well-draining soil Size: 10-25 feet
Hardiness Zones: 4-9
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Pawpaw
Apple trees are native to Central Asia, and peach trees hail from Northwest China, but pawpaws are native to North America.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
And unlike other fruit trees, Farzan said, pawpaws that are picked too early will never ripen properly.
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Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Ohio hosts an annual pawpaw festival in September, when the fruit ripens.
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Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
The sun shines on Andrew Horning’s farm in Freedom, Indiana, where there is a pawpaw tree, a chicken coop and garden built by his wife and plenty of space for his dogs Odin and Prague to roam.
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Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
probably modification of Spanish papaya
First Known Use
1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Pawpaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pawpaw. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
pawpaw
noun
paw·paw
variants
also papaw
1
pə-ˈpȯ
: papaya
2
ˈpäp-(ˌ)ȯ,
ˈpȯp-
: a North American tree having purple flowers and an edible fruit with green skin
also
: its fruit
Medical Definition
pawpaw
variant of papaw
More from Merriam-Webster on pawpaw
Nglish: Translation of pawpaw for Spanish Speakers
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