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• Passion flower — Passion Pas sion, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to suffer. See {Patient}.] 1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• passion flower — noun 1. Any flower or plant of the genus Passiflora, consisting mostly of climbers of tropical and warm temperate America, from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the crown of thorns, nails, and other emblems of Christ s Passion 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• passion flower — ► NOUN ▪ a climbing plant with a flower whose component parts are said to suggest objects associated with Christ s Crucifixion …   English terms dictionary

• Passion flower — Taxobox name = Passion flower image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Passifloraceae genus = Passiflora genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision =… …   Wikipedia

• passion-flower — ▪ plant   any of about 400 species of tendril bearing, herbaceous vines comprising the genus Passiflora (family Passifloraceae), with characteristic flowers. Some are important as ornamentals; others are grown for their edible fruits.       The… …   Universalium

• passion-flower —    The passion flower gets its name because of a supposed resemblance to the crown of thorns and other emblems of Christ’s Passion. It is a climbing plant with eggshaped fruit. ‘Passion flower’ is sometimes used as a vocative variant of flower,… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address