Hyphenation of pawpaw

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pawpaw? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

paw-paw

Definitions of pawpaw:

1.	Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
2.	Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
3.	Fruit with yellow flesh Related to custard apples

Synonyms of pawpaw:

noun	papaya, papaia, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya, fruit tree
noun	papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba, custard apple, custard apple tree
noun	papaw, edible fruit

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