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Passiflora
‖
Pas′si-flo′ra
,Noun.
[NL., from L.
passio
passion (fr. pati
, passus
, to suffer) + flos
, floris
, flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order
Passifloreæ
, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species. Definition 2024
Passiflora
Passiflora
See also: passiflora
Translingual
Passiflora morifolia
Proper noun
Passiflora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae – the passionflowers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Malpighiales - order; Passifloraceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Passiflora subg. Astrophea, Passiflora subg. Decaloba, Passiflora subg. Deidamioides, Passiflora subg. Dysosmia, Passiflora subg. Passiflora, Passiflora subg. Polyanthea, Passiflora subg. Tetrapathea - subgenus
- Passiflora incarnata - type species; Passiflora lutea - selected species; for more species see
Passiflora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Passiflora incarnata - type species; Passiflora lutea - selected species; for more species see
passiflora
passiflora
See also: Passiflora
English
Noun
passiflora (plural passifloras)
- (botany) Any of the genus Passiflora of passionflowers.