PASSIFLORA

Passiflora, genus Passiflora

(noun) type genus of the Passifloraceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

passiflora (plural passifloras)

(botany) Any of the genus Passiflora of passionflowers.

Source: Wiktionary


Pas"si*flo"ra, n. Etym: [NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreæ, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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