单词 | passionflower |
释义 | passionflower /pash"euhn flow'euhr/, n. any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible. [1605-15; trans. of NL flos passionis flower of the Passion; so named because the parts of the flower were imagined as symbolic of the objects and events of Christ's Passion] |
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