passionflower en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
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.
1819, Robert Southey, chapter XXXIV, in History of Brazil, 3rd part, London: […] [William Pople] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], →OCLC, page 185:
- The flower of this plant.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passion flower | alternative | lexicographic | |
| passionflowers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| passion flower | alternative | lexicographic | |
| passion-flower | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Passionflower | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (29)
cy blodyn y dioddefaint (plant of the genus Passiflora) · fi kärsimyskukka (plant of the genus Passiflora) · pl męczennica (plant of the genus Passiflora) · ga páiseog chorcra (plant of the genus Passiflora) · es pasionaria (plant of the genus Passiflora) · it frutto della passione (plant of the genus Passiflora) · cmn 西番蓮 /西番莲 (plant of the genus Passiflora) · bg пасифлора (plant of the genus Passiflora) · nb pasjonsblomst (plant of the genus Passiflora) · pl męczennica (flower) · ro floarea-pasiunii (plant of the genus Passiflora) · tr çarkıfelek (flower) · cmn 雞蛋果 /鸡蛋果 (flower) · tr çarkıfelek (plant of the genus Passiflora) · io pasifloro (plant of the genus Passiflora) · ru страстоцве́т (plant of the genus Passiflora) · pl passiflora (plant of the genus Passiflora) · pt maracujá (plant of the genus Passiflora) · es pasionaria (flower) · de Passionsblume (plant of the genus Passiflora) · bg часовниче (plant of the genus Passiflora) · fi kärsimyskukka (flower) · pt maracujazeiro (plant of the genus Passiflora) · cmn 西番蓮 /西番莲 (flower) · cmn 百香果 (flower) · my စူကာ (flower) · hu golgotavirág (plant of the genus Passiflora) · pl passiflora (flower) · ga lus na páise (plant of the genus Passiflora)