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Definition of Passionflower family
1. Noun. Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Passiflora, Passiflora
Literary usage of Passionflower family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"It belongs to the passionflower family. The botanical explorer, William Bartram,
wrote in 1790: "This admirable tree is certainly the most beautiful of any ..."
2. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"A tropical American tree of the passionflower family. 2. A small tree of the
custard« apple family, bearing edible fruit. ..."
3. Notes of a Naturalist in South America by John Ball (1887)
"This belongs to a tribe of the passionflower family, very distinct in habit and
appearance, which has been by some eminent botanists ranked as a distinct ..."
4. Bulletin by Ohio Biological Survey (1913)
"passionflower family. 886. Passiflora lutea L. Yellow Passion-flower. Southern half
of state to Darke and Franklin Counties. Subclass, CENTROSPERMAE. ..."
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