passionflower

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see also: Passionflower

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Noun

passionflower (plural passionflowers)

1. Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear#Verb|bear edible fruit#Noun|fruit called passion fruit, and showy flower#Noun|flowers of a structure#Noun|structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
   • 1810-19, Robert Southey, History of Brazil

     The Priests observed frequent fasts, and abstained at all times from certain animals and fruits, especially from the Granadilla, the fruit of the Passion-flower, because, say the lying Jesuits, of the mysteries which are signified in that marvellous blossom […]

2. The flower of this plant#Noun|plant.

Related terms

• Passiflora
• passion fruit

Translations

• German: Passionsblume
• Portuguese: maracujá, maracujazeiro
• Russian: страстоцве́т
• Spanish: pasionaria

Translations

• Spanish: pasionaria

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Passionflower

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Noun

passionflower

1. Alternative form of passionflower

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