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

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granadilla

Of fruits also there was a great variety, among others the pine-apple, banana, plantain, pawpaw, granadilla, guava, orange, loquat, durian, and the cocoanut.

From The Missing Merchantman by William Heysham Overend

Washington notes with admiration the profusion of tropical fruits with which the table was loaded, "the granadilla, sapadella, pomegranate, sweet orange, water-lemon, forbidden fruit, and guava."

From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Washington Irving

The luscious granadilla climbs among the branches; plantains throw their cool shade over the doors; oranges and limes and citrons perfume the air, and droop their boughs under the weight of their golden burdens.

From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude

The granadilla is easily grown from seed, and the plants are trained on an overhead trellis, the fruit hanging down on the underside.

From Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson

It is more rightly a semi-tropical than a tropical fruit, though, as it is so nearly related to the granadilla, I have included it amongst the tropical fruits.

From Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson