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papaya

[puh-pah-yuh] / pəˈpɑ yə /


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A few kilometres from Salah's devastated fields, Muhummad Mohamad Ismail, 45, tends with great care to his verdant orange and papaya trees.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 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

Remove those notes, he concluded, and your papaya, cheese or chocolate will "taste much less yummy."

From Salon • May 31, 2025

Terra preta showed up at the papaya plantation between 620 and 720 a.d.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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