Definition of Passiflora maliformis

1. Noun. West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit.

Exact synonyms: Sweet Calabash
Terms within: Sweet Calabash
Generic synonyms: Passionflower, Passionflower Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Passiflora Maliformis

Pastafarian

Literary usage of Passiflora maliformis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Antigua and the Antiguans: a Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants by Flannigan, Mrs Lanaghan (1844)
"The CONCH NUT, passiflora maliformis. The granadilla bears a large, oblong fruit, with a thick, fleshy covering, and containing a most delicious pulpy ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1885)
"Brazil and Pern. Mr. Walter Hill reports, having obtained fruits of 8 lbs. weight at the Brisbane Botanic Garden. Passiflora maliformis ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"Passiflora maliformis L. Sweet cup. "This species is frequently cultivated in the West Indies, and on some uf the islands it is found wild. ..."

4. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"Passiflora laurifolia produces the water lemon of the West Indies, and passiflora maliformis bears the sweet calabash. ..."

5. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1894)
"Passiflora maliformis.—In the West Indios the fruit of this plant is called the sweet calabash, or apple-fruited granadilla. The fruit is round, ..."

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