passionflower
passionflower · passionflowers
страстоцвет
Passionsblume
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that…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.
Meaning
2 sensesAny 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.
Passionsblume
страстоцве́тstrastocvét
The flower of this plant.
More definitions
- any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
Translations
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plant of the genus Passiflora:
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By meaning 1
plant of the genus Passiflora:
Origin
Calque of Italian fior della Passione or Latin flōs Passiōnis; after the appearance and nuCalque 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.
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Forms
plural: passionflowersSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit:passionflower vine
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpassion fruit