granadilla

American  

[gran-uh-dil-uh] / ˌgræn əˈdɪl ə /

noun

1. the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis purple granadilla or P. quadrangularis giant granadilla.

2. any of the plants yielding these fruits.

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granadilla British  

/ ˌɡrænəˈdɪlə /

noun

1. any of various passionflowers, such as Passiflora quadrangularis ( giant granadilla ), that have edible egg-shaped fleshy fruit

2. Also called: passion fruit.  the fruit of such a plant

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Etymology

Origin of granadilla

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

Example Sentences

The granadilla is sometimes grown in British hothouses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Others brought yams, cocoa-nuts, oranges, onions, pumpkins, early pineapples, and even the great delicious granadilla, the fruit of the large passion-flower. 

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

What more enticing, than stewed mango—golden and syrupy—with junket white as marble; or fruit salad compact of pineapple, mango, papaw, granadilla, banana, with lime juice and powdered sugar?

From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

The granadilla bears a large, oblong fruit, with a thick, fleshy covering, and containing a most delicious pulpy consistence, of a slightly-acid flavour, with numerous flat seeds.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

We were also fortunate enough to come upon several granadilla vines, the product of which was just ripe, and we accordingly loaded ourselves with as many of these delicious fruits as we could carry.

From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by Overend, William Heysham