Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fruit of Passiflora quadrangularis, which is sometimes as large as a child's head, and is much esteemed in tropical countries as a pleasant dessert-fruit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp.
Passiflora quadrangularis ) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit ofPassiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun considered best for fruit
- noun the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers
- noun Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit
- noun tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit
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Examples
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Granadilla is the common species of Passiflora, ranging from central Mexico through central and western South America, through western Bolivia to south-central Peru.
Frollicking in Belgium with some Earl Grey cookies.. IMBB #17 Michele 2005
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Granadilla is the common species of Passiflora, ranging from central Mexico through central and western South America, through western Bolivia to south-central Peru.
Me and my granadilla.. Michele 2005
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The Granadilla is a shrub or bush, and it twines round the trunks of trees, or climbs up the walls of the
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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Mayor of Granadilla, Jaime Gonzalez Cejas, expessed surprise at the decree, saying that although it was locally acknowledged that the building did not comply with the new regulations, no one had expected a demolition order to be placed on such a well known and popular landmark.
Archive 2006-05-01 Thatsnews 2006
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Mayor of Granadilla, Jaime Gonzalez Cejas, expessed surprise at the decree, saying that although it was locally acknowledged that the building did not comply with the new regulations, no one had expected a demolition order to be placed on such a well known and popular landmark.
El Medano Hotel doomed by new law Thatsnews 2006
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Passion Fruit, Granadilla Passion fruits and the granadilla come from about a dozen species of vines of the genera Passiflora and Tacsonia, natives of tropical lowlands and subtropical highlands in South America.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Passion Fruit, Granadilla Passion fruits and the granadilla come from about a dozen species of vines of the genera Passiflora and Tacsonia, natives of tropical lowlands and subtropical highlands in South America.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The Granadilla (_Passiflora quadrangularis_) is about the size of an apple, but rather oblong.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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Granadilla, and a number of other exotics, are successfully reared in the gardens of the wealthier inhabitants of the towns and villages; and within the last few years the peerless Mangustin of Malacca, the delicacy of which we can imagine to resemble that of perfumed snow, has been successfully cultivated in the gardens of Caltura and Colombo.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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WHAT a beautiful display of vegetation is here before me! seemingly unlimited in extent and variety; how the dew-drops twinkle and play upon the fight, trembling on the tips of the lucid, green savanna, sparkling as the gem that flames on the turban of the Eastern prince; fee the pearly tears rolling off the buds of the expanding Granadilla*;
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