passiflora Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of the Passifloraceae
    genus Passiflora.

WordNet

Pas"si*flo"ra noun
Etymology
NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreæ, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.

Webster 1913