papayaceous, a. Bot.
(pæpəˈjeɪʃəs)
[f. mod.L. Papāyāce-æ (f. Papāya: see pawpaw) + -ous.]
Belonging to the family Papayaceæ (sometimes reckoned as a suborder of Passifloraceæ), of which the Pawpaw-tree, Carica Papaya, is the type. So paˈpayad (-ad 1 d), a papayaceous tree or shrub; paˈpayal a., allied to the Papayaceæ; n. a plant of the papayal alliance; papayotin (pəˈpeɪəʊtɪn) Chem., a ferment, akin to papaïn, contained in the sap of the pawpaw-tree.
| 1846 Lindley Veg. Kingd. 320 The..Papayal alliance. Ibid., [The plants] brought into closest contact with Papayals. Ibid. 321 Papayaceæ, Papayads. 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Papayaceous. 1866 Treas. Bot. 843 Papayaceæ (Cariceæ, Papayads), a natural order of calycifloral dicotyledons belonging to Lindley's papayal alliance of diclinous Exogens. 1885 Lancet 11 July 86/2 Papayotin (in diphtheritis) exercises a feeble solvent effect on the membrane when it is beginning to decompose. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 33 Papain..the more powerful product yielded by the fruit of Carica Papaya (papayotin being derived from the milky sap) has been recommended. |