noun
1. the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
• Syn: ↑bell apple, ↑sweet cup, ↑water lemon
• Hypernyms: ↑passion fruit
• Part Holonyms: ↑Jamaica honeysuckle, ↑Passiflora laurifolia
2. West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
• Syn: ↑Jamaica honeysuckle, ↑Passiflora laurifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑passionflower, ↑passionflower vine
• Part Meronyms: ↑bell apple, ↑sweet cup, ↑water lemon
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a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 in. (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit. Also called Jamaica honeysuckle, water lemon.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.