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passionflower

DEFINITIONS OF: passionflower

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n any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit

Synonyms:
passionflower vine
Types:
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Passiflora edulis, granadilla, purple granadillo
Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit
Passiflora ligularis, granadilla, sweet granadilla
considered best for fruit
Passiflora quadrangularis, giant granadilla, granadilla
tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit
Passiflora incarnata, maypop
of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
Jamaica honeysuckle, Passiflora laurifolia, yellow granadilla
West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
Passiflora mollissima, banana passion fruit
cultivated for fruit
Passiflora maliformis, sweet calabash
West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit
Passiflora foetida, love-in-a-mist, running pop, wild water lemon
tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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