Definition of "granadilla" [granadilla]

• Any of various tropical American passionflowers, especially Passiflora quadrangularis, bearing edible fruit. (noun)
• The egg-shaped, fleshy fruit of such a plant. (noun)

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• "The plant produces small berry-like fruit called granadilla or water lemon."
• "The granadilla is the fruit of a species of passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis), often six to eight inches in diameter."
• "The passion-flowers, also called granadilla fruit that resemble shells, have edible fruits, the condition they eat ripe to prevent their toxic (See Toxicity below)."