Pa"pal*ty (?), n. The papacy. [Obs.] Milton.
Pa`pa*pho"bi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. papa bishop + Gr. &?; to fear.]
Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
[R.]
Pa"par*chy (?), n. [L. papa bishop + -archy.] Government by a pope;
papal rule.
||Pa*pa"ver (?), n. [L., poppy.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including
||the poppy.
Pa*pav`er*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a
natural order of plants (PapaveraceÊ) of which the poppy, the
celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.
Pa*pav"er*ine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a
weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
Pa*pav"er*ous (?), a. Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of
the poppy. Sir T. Browne.
Pa*paw" (?), n. [Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp.
papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] [Written also pawpaw.] 1.
(Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the
order PassifloreÊ. 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. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit,
which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.
2. (Bot.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the
western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet
edible fruit; also, the fruit itself. Gray.
Pap"boat` (?), n. 1. A kind of sauce boat or dish.
2. (Zoˆl.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha);
-- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for
anointing.
Pape (?), n. [Cf. F. pape, fr. L. papa. See Pope.] A spiritual father;
specifically, the pope. [Obs.]
Pa"pe*jay (?), n. A popinjay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pa"per (?), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the
Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. &?;. Cf. Papyrus.] 1. A substance
in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed
on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood,
or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded,
pressed, and dried.