granadilla
the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis(purple granadilla ) or P. quadrangularis(giant granadilla ).
any of the plants yielding these fruits.
Origin of granadilla
1- Also grenadilla.
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How to use granadilla in a sentence
The granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) is about the size of an apple, but rather oblong.
The granadilla is a shrub or bush, and it twines round the trunks of trees, or climbs up the walls of the Ranchos.
"It is not like tinto granadilla and snow from the Peak when one has eaten much salt fish," he said.
Kit Musgrave's Luck | Harold Bindlossgranadilla, gran-a-dil′a, n. the edible fruit of a species of passion-flower.
Mr. Caruthers has brought a root of mint and some cuttings of granadilla, which have been set out along the arbor.
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British Dictionary definitions for granadilla
/ (ˌɡrænəˈdɪlə) /
any of various passionflowers, such as Passiflora quadrangularis (giant granadilla), that have edible egg-shaped fleshy fruit
Also called: passion fruit the fruit of such a plant
Origin of granadilla
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