pawpaw[5pC:pC:]n.【植】木瓜(=papaw)(美国中南部的)巴婆树; 巴婆果[1]the U.S. pawpaw in the genus Asimina. In the rest of the world, the name pawpaw is applied to the unrelated tropical fruit papaya.[2]Pawpaw (Asimina) also known as a prairie banana, Kentucky banana, or Ozark banana, is a genus of eight or nine species of small trees with large leaves and fruit, native to southeastern North America.