passionflower
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Etymology[edit]
Calque of Italian fior della Passione or Latin flōs Passiōnis; after the appearance and number of its various parts, thought to be symbolic of Christ's passion.
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Noun[edit]
passionflower (plural passionflowers)
- Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a 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 […]
- The flower of this plant.
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Translations[edit]
plant of the genus Passiflora
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flower
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References[edit]
- Passiflora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Passiflora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Passiflora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “passionflower”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “passionflower”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Passiflora at USDA Plants database