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Papaya

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A tree Carica Papaya of tropical America belonging to the order Passifloreaelig called also papaw and pawpaw 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

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