granadilla

[ gran-uh-dil-uh ]

/ ˌgræn əˈdɪl ə /

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noun

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.

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Also grenadilla.

Origin of granadilla

1605–15; <Spanish granadilla, diminutive of granada pomegranate

Words nearby granadilla

Gram's stain, Gram-variable, gran, grana, Granada, granadilla, Granados, Grana Padano, granary, granary weevil, Granby

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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.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
The Granadilla is a shrub or bush, and it twines round the trunks of trees, or climbs up the walls of the Ranchos.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
"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 Bindloss
Granadilla, gran-a-dil′a, n. the edible fruit of a species of passion-flower.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

Mr. Caruthers has brought a root of mint and some cuttings of granadilla, which have been set out along the arbor.
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson|Nellie van De Grift Sanchez

British Dictionary definitions for granadilla

granadilla

/ (ˌɡrænəˈdɪlə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for granadilla

C18: from Spanish, diminutive of granada pomegranate, from Late Latin grānātum

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