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Papaya [Carica papaya]
Arbore dell’America che fà meloni nel tronco, come I nostri, di semanze comí veccia1
Tree from America that makes melons on the trunk, like ours, with seeds like vetch
- 1. Vetch [Vicia] is a genus of leguminous plants with round dark seeds similar to the black seeds of the papaya.
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