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单词 passion fruit
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passion fruitn.

Brit. /ˈpaʃn fruːt/, U.S. /ˈpæʃ(ə)n ˌfrut/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passion n., fruit n.
Etymology: < passion n. + fruit n., after passion flower n.
The edible fruit of some species of passion flower, esp. that of the Brazilian Passiflora edulis, an egg-shaped berry with purple, slightly wrinkled skin and sweet yellow pulp surrounding small black seeds, often used as a source of juice. Also: a passion flower plant, esp. one producing such fruit. Cf. granadilla n.
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1752 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 454 A garden of Eden, from which..my sister-in-law long ago gathered passion-fruit.
1867 R. Henning Let. 18 Feb. (1966) 234 I have also been making some passionfruit jelly.
1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. 145 A high fence..overgrown with passion-fruit.
1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. vi. 192 There may be some who do not know that the humble papaw..belongs to the passion-fruit family.
1934 T. Wood Cobbers xvii. 217 Passion fruit, squeezed into a wineglass, mixed with cream and sugar and a spoonful of sherry, has a rich smoothness.
1976 Observer 17 Oct. 36/3 (advt.) Easy to grow delicious passion fruits. Our own specially cultivated pot-grown species of Granadilla for fruiting in Britain.
2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 234/1 (Gloss.) Boriquen, a cocktail that includes passionfruit syrup, lime juice, orange juice and rum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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