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GRANADILLA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("granadilla" is a kind of...):

passion fruit (egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks)

Holonyms ("granadilla" is a part of...):

granadilla; Passiflora ligularis; sweet granadilla (considered best for fruit)

giant granadilla; granadilla; Passiflora quadrangularis (tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit

Synonyms:

granadilla; Passiflora edulis; purple granadillo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("granadilla" is a kind of...):

passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Considered best for fruit

Synonyms:

granadilla; Passiflora ligularis; sweet granadilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("granadilla" is a kind of...):

passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "granadilla"):

granadilla (the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit

Synonyms:

giant granadilla; granadilla; Passiflora quadrangularis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("granadilla" is a kind of...):

passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "granadilla"):

granadilla (the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers)

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