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