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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various tropical American passionflowers, especially Passiflora quadrangularis or P. ligularis, bearing edible fruit.
- noun The egg-shaped, fleshy fruit of any of these plants.
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- noun any of several
Passion flowers oftropical America - noun the
edible fruit of these plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The plant produces small berry-like fruit called granadilla or water lemon.
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The plant produces small berry-like fruit called granadilla or water lemon.
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The granadilla is the fruit of a species of passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis), often six to eight inches in diameter.
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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).
friedapplepie.net 2010
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Granada china: golden passion fruit or granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Granada china: golden passion fruit or granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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The bright ornj layer is lukuma- tastes little melony with mebee just a whiff of choco/coffee, granadilla is mildly sweet, and guanabana tastes refresshingly green.
Crazy Recluse Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And here I am scoffing grapefruit, kiwi fruit, and granadilla in one sitting, plus muesli and yoghurt for breakfast - and I can't get enough of it.
The Orange Problem Lauri 2008
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Well I did read that the granadilla tends to deteriorate quickly shortly after harvest.
Me and my granadilla.. Michele 2005
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I started out with some fresh ricotta, added some sliced peaches and scraped all the gooey pulp out of my granadilla.
Me and my granadilla.. Michele 2005
yarb commented on the word granadilla
Fruit, shaped like maracas. One slices off the top like an egg, to reveal the fruit, which resembles a brain, floating in potable translucent juices within.
Utterly delicious, one of the tastiest fruits the world has to offer.
October 20, 2007