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PASSIFLORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Passiflora mean?
• PASSIFLORA (noun)
The noun PASSIFLORA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Passifloraceae
Familiarity information: PASSIFLORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Passifloraceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Passiflora; Passiflora
Hypernyms ("Passiflora" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Passiflora"):
passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)
Holonyms ("Passiflora" is a member of...):
family Passifloraceae; Passifloraceae; passionflower family (tropical woody tendril-climbing vines)
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