grenadilla
Americannoun
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A porch made of packing-cases and clambered over by grenadilla, or a clematis-wreathed verandah, struck an individual note here and there.
From The Claw by Cynthia Stockley
But I will nobly resist the temptation to tell egg stories and industriously catalogue the sour-sop, guava, grenadilla, aubergine or garden-egg, yam, and sweet potato.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
Most striking of all are the passion-flowers, purple, scarlet, or pale pink; the purple ones have an exquisite perfume, and they all produce an agreeable fruit, the grenadilla of the West Indies.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
They call it the grenadilla in Africa, and eat its fruit with port wine and cream.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
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