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Definition of "passion-flower" []

  • Any plant of the genus Passiflora. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "passion-flower" in a sentence
  • "So the part that goes singing through my head is this: "There has fallen a splendid tear / From the passion-flower at the gate," which I think goes singing through someone's head, Mrs. Ramsey's or Lily Briscoe's or someone's."
  • "Ether de Lilas Blanc sur Feuillage Tendre, built around a note of white lilac syringa vulgaris alba, and also featuring the notes of passion-flower, orange blossom, bark, mandarin, lilac, leaves, iris and musk, is perhaps my favorite of the three."
  • "Knight was sitting under a great passion-flower observing the scene."