- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- March 18 2022
- Tree with potato-shaped fruit
Tree with potato-shaped fruit
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| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | PAPAW | Tree with potato-shaped fruit | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. 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. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled. |
| • | A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself. |
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