granadilla
Americannoun
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the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis purple granadilla or P. quadrangularis giant granadilla.
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any of the plants yielding these fruits.
noun
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any of various passionflowers, such as Passiflora quadrangularis ( giant granadilla ), that have edible egg-shaped fleshy fruit
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Also called: passion fruit. the fruit of such a plant
Etymology
Origin of granadilla
1605–15; < Spanish granadilla, diminutive of granada pomegranate
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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 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 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
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 E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
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