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Type genus of the Passifloraceae
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Passiflora \Pas"si*flo"ra\, n. [NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passiflore[ae] , which includes about nineteen genera ...
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n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Passiflora'' of passionflowers.
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Passiflora , known also as the passion flowers or passion vines , is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants , the type genus of the family Passifloraceae . They are mostly vines , with some being shrubs , and a few species being herbaceous . For ...
Usage examples of passiflora.
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Pancratium littorale, movement of leaves, 255 Paraheliotropism, or diurnal sleep of leaves, 445 Passiflora gracilis, circumnutation and nyctitropic movement of leaves, 383, 384 --, apogeotropic movement of tendrils, 510 --, sensitiveness of tendrils, 550 Pelargonium zonale, circumnutation of stem, 203 --, and downward movement of young leaf, 232, 233, 269 Petioles, the rising of beneficial to plant at night, 402 Petunia violacea, downward movement and circumnutation of very young leaf, 248, 249, 269.
Oxalis, Amphicarpaea, two species of Erythrina, a Cassia, Passiflora, Euphorbia and Marsilea.
Some indeed had come from commercial suppliers, but these seemed mostly to be the herbs Calder had talked of: hydrastis, comfrey, fo-ti-tieng, myrrh, sarsaparilla, licorice, passiflora, papaya, garlic.