(Lat. annona triloba, ficus Indicus.) A wild fruit-bearing shrub, remarkable for its beauty. The fruit is nutritious, and a great resource to the Indians. "So many whimsical and compounded tastes are contained in it," says Mr. Flint, "that a person of the most hypochondriac temperament relaxes to a smile when he tastes the pawpaw for the first time."--Geog. of the Mississippi Valley.