papaw tree

Questions about papaw tree

What is another word for papaw tree?

It depends which papaw tree you mean. In the sense “small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit”, the synonyms are pawpaw, papaw, Asimina triloba. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of papaw tree?

WordNet records no antonym for papaw tree. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for papaw tree come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of papaw tree

• Full entry for papaw treeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for papaw treeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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