|
|
Definition of Passionflower
1. Noun. Any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit.
Terms within: Passion Fruit
Group relationships: Genus Passiflora, Passiflora
Specialized synonyms: Granadilla, Passiflora Edulis, Purple Granadillo, Granadilla, Passiflora Ligularis, Sweet Granadilla, Giant Granadilla, Granadilla, Passiflora Quadrangularis, Maypop, Passiflora Incarnata, Jamaica Honeysuckle, Passiflora Laurifolia, Yellow Granadilla, Banana Passion Fruit, Passiflora Mollissima, Passiflora Maliformis, Sweet Calabash, Love-in-a-mist, Passiflora Foetida, Running Pop, Wild Water Lemon
Generic synonyms: Vine
Definition of Passionflower
1. Noun. any of very many North American vines, of the family ''Passifloraceae'', that bear edible fruit, called passion fruit. ¹
2. Noun. the flower of this plant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Passionflower
1. [n -S]
Literary usage of Passionflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"Flower of passionflower cut through the centre to show the arrangement of Its
constituent parts. in some cases are the leaf itself and the ..."
2. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1848)
"passionflower, 5 cases 3 2 4. Vine, 10 cases 7 3 SLOW GROWTH. Cloudy or Foggy.
Clear. 1. ... passionflower, 15 cases . . 8 4. Vine, 3 cases . ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"The fruit of some species of passionflower, however, ... The hardiest species,
the Blue passionflower (P. can-tilea), grows well enough in some parts of ..."
Other Resources:
