PASSIONFLOWER

passionflower, passionflower vine

(noun) any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

passionflower (plural passionflowers)

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 flower of this plant.

Noun

Passion flower (plural Passionflowers)

Alternative form of passionflower

Source: Wiktionary



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26 October 2024

CONSCIENTIOUS

(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”


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