单词 | passionflower |
释义 | passionflower (once / 984943 pages) n WORD FAMILY passionflower USAGE EXAMPLESAnother herbal tea remedy from that era, and still used in today’s society for many minor ailments, is tincture of passionflower. Washington Times(Feb 15, 2016) First come the time lapses, with shots of passionflower vines reaching toward the sun. New York Times(Dec 30, 2013) Herbalists, meanwhile, recommend infusions of passionflower and valerian, though the jury’s still out on whether these herbs have any concrete clinical benefits. Scientific American(May 08, 2013) n any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit Syn|Hypo|Hyper passionflower vine Passiflora edulis, granadilla, purple granadillo Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit Passiflora ligularis, granadilla, sweet granadillaconsidered best for fruit Passiflora quadrangularis, giant granadilla, granadillatropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit Passiflora incarnata, maypopof southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg Jamaica honeysuckle, Passiflora laurifolia, yellow granadillaWest Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit Passiflora mollissima, banana passion fruitcultivated for fruit Passiflora maliformis, sweet calabashWest Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit Passiflora foetida, love-in-a-mist, running pop, wild water lemontropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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