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PASSIONFLOWER VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does passionflower vine mean?
• PASSIONFLOWER VINE (noun)
The noun PASSIONFLOWER VINE has 1 sense:
1. any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
Familiarity information: PASSIONFLOWER VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
passionflower; passionflower vine
Hypernyms ("passionflower vine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "passionflower vine"):
passion fruit (egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passionflower vine"):
granadilla; Passiflora edulis; purple granadillo (Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit)
granadilla; Passiflora ligularis; sweet granadilla (considered best for fruit)
giant granadilla; granadilla; Passiflora quadrangularis (tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit)
maypop; Passiflora incarnata (of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg)
Jamaica honeysuckle; Passiflora laurifolia; yellow granadilla (West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit)
banana passion fruit; Passiflora mollissima (cultivated for fruit)
Passiflora maliformis; sweet calabash (West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit)
love-in-a-mist; Passiflora foetida; running pop; wild water lemon (tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed)
Holonyms ("passionflower vine" is a member of...):
genus Passiflora; Passiflora (type genus of the Passifloraceae)
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