Passionflower
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Passionflower is a noun meaning The flower of this plant.
Meaning
The flower of this plant.
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
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 people also were frequently required to fast.
Word Forms
- passionflowers
- passion flower
- Passion flower
- passion-flower
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include passion-flower, passiflora, passionvine, passionfruit, granadilla, goatsfoot.
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