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JAMAICA HONEYSUCKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jamaica honeysuckle mean? 

JAMAICA HONEYSUCKLE (noun)
  The noun JAMAICA HONEYSUCKLE has 1 sense:

1. West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruitplay

  Familiarity information: JAMAICA HONEYSUCKLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JAMAICA HONEYSUCKLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Jamaica honeysuckle; Passiflora laurifolia; yellow granadilla

Hypernyms ("Jamaica honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Jamaica honeysuckle"):

bell apple; sweet cup; water lemon; yellow granadilla (the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle)


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