noun
West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
• Syn: ↑yellow granadilla, ↑Passiflora laurifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑passionflower, ↑passionflower vine
• Part Meronyms: ↑bell apple, ↑sweet cup, ↑water lemon, ↑yellow granadilla
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
: a West Indian passionflower (Passiflora laurifolia) having fragrant flowers, somewhat astringent leaves, and yellow edible fruit — called also bell apple, sweet cup, water lemon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.