Usage examples (13)

• Pawpaw trees (Asimina triloba) are no longer valued for their fruit, "which is a pity," Wells says.
• BUT I would like to say Asimina, no, I don't think Mr. Obama will pick Pollan, or me, for Ag Secretary.
• Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a lush tree whose large, dark green leaves would look perfectly at home in a tropical forest.
• This is doubtless correct etymologically, but in present-day English papaw, pawpaw designates the common name most generally used in North America for Asimina triloba,...