English > passionflower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit. |
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| Synonym | passionflower vine |
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| Member of | Passiflora, genus Passiflora | type genus of the Passifloraceae |
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| Parts | passion fruit | egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines |
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| Narrower | Jamaica honeysuckle, yellow granadilla, Passiflora laurifolia | West Indian passionflower |
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| banana passion fruit, Passiflora mollissima | cultivated for fruit |
| granadilla, giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis | Tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit |
| granadilla, purple granadillo, Passiflora edulis | Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit |
| granadilla, sweet granadilla, Passiflora ligularis | Considered best for fruit |
| love-in-a-mist, running pop, wild water lemon, Passiflora foetida | Tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts |
| maypop, Passiflora incarnata | Of southern United States |
| sweet calabash, Passiflora maliformis | West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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| Spanish | granadilla, pasionaria |
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| Catalan | pasionaria |
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