Definition of Passionflower family

1. Noun. Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines.


Literary usage of Passionflower family

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

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"It belongs to the passionflower family. The botanical explorer, William Bartram, wrote in 1790: "This admirable tree is certainly the most beautiful of any ..."

2. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"A tropical American tree of the passionflower family. 2. A small tree of the custard« apple family, bearing edible fruit. ..."

3. Notes of a Naturalist in South America by John Ball (1887)
"This belongs to a tribe of the passionflower family, very distinct in habit and appearance, which has been by some eminent botanists ranked as a distinct ..."

4. Bulletin by Ohio Biological Survey (1913)
"passionflower family. 886. Passiflora lutea L. Yellow Passion-flower. Southern half of state to Darke and Franklin Counties. Subclass, CENTROSPERMAE. ..."

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