passionflower family — noun tropical woody tendril climbing vines • Syn: ↑Passifloraceae, ↑family Passifloraceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
passionflower — [pash′ən flou΄ər] n. [from the supposed resemblance of parts of the flowers to Jesus wounds, crown of thorns, etc.] any of a genus (Passiflora) of mostly climbing plants of the passionflower family, with red, yellow, green, white, or purple… … English World dictionary
passionflower — noun Etymology: from the fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of Christ s crucifixion Date: 1633 any of a genus (Passiflora of the family Passifloraceae, the passionflower family) of chiefly tropical woody tendriled… … New Collegiate Dictionary
family — /fam euh lee, fam lee/, n., pl. families, adj. n. 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. 2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. 3. the spouse and children … Universalium
family Passifloraceae — noun tropical woody tendril climbing vines • Syn: ↑Passifloraceae, ↑passionflower family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
passionflower — noun a) any of very many North American vines, of the family Passifloraceae, that bear edible fruit, called passion fruit. b) the flower of this plant See Also: Passiflora, passion fruit … Wiktionary
dilleniid dicot family — noun family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae, ↑caper family, ↑Cruciferae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Passiflora — noun type genus of the Passifloraceae • Syn: ↑Passiflora • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Passifloraceae, ↑family Passifloraceae, ↑passionflower family … Useful english dictionary
Passiflora — noun type genus of the Passifloraceae • Syn: ↑genus Passiflora • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Passifloraceae, ↑family Passifloraceae, ↑passionflower family … Useful english dictionary
Hypericales — noun a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae • Syn: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑order Hypericales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Dilleniidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
