'Passiflora' definitions:
Definition of 'Passiflora'
From: WordNet
noun
Type genus of the Passifloraceae [syn: Passiflora, genus Passiflora]
Definition of 'Passiflora'
From: GCIDE
- Passiflora \Pas"si*flo"ra\, n. [NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passiflore[ae], which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species. [1913 Webster]