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GENUS PASSIFLORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Passiflora mean? 

GENUS PASSIFLORA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PASSIFLORA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Passifloraceaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS PASSIFLORA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PASSIFLORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Passifloraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Passiflora; Passiflora

Hypernyms ("genus Passiflora" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Passiflora"):

passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)

Holonyms ("genus Passiflora" is a member of...):

family Passifloraceae; Passifloraceae; passionflower family (tropical woody tendril-climbing vines)


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