granadilla
See also: Granadilla
English edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Noun edit
granadilla (countable and uncountable, plural granadillas)
- Any of several species of genus Passiflora of passion flowers of tropical America.
- 1852, Mrs. David Osborne, The World of Waters[1]:
- On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia.
- Edible fruit of these plants.
- Wood of these plants.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis)
- purple granadilla (Passiflora edulis)
- red granadilla (Passiflora capsularis, Passiflora coccinea)
- sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
- yellow granadilla (Passiflora laurifolia)
Translations edit
any of several passion flowers of tropical America
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the edible fruit of some of the species of these plants
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References edit
- granadilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Passiflora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Passiflora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Granadilla at Plants of the World Online
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish granadilla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
granadilla (rare)
Declension edit
Inflection of granadilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | granadilla | granadillat | ||
genitive | granadillan | granadillojen | ||
partitive | granadillaa | granadilloja | ||
illative | granadillaan | granadilloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | granadilla | granadillat | ||
accusative | nom. | granadilla | granadillat | |
gen. | granadillan | |||
genitive | granadillan | granadillojen granadillainrare | ||
partitive | granadillaa | granadilloja | ||
inessive | granadillassa | granadilloissa | ||
elative | granadillasta | granadilloista | ||
illative | granadillaan | granadilloihin | ||
adessive | granadillalla | granadilloilla | ||
ablative | granadillalta | granadilloilta | ||
allative | granadillalle | granadilloille | ||
essive | granadillana | granadilloina | ||
translative | granadillaksi | granadilloiksi | ||
abessive | granadillatta | granadilloitta | ||
instructive | — | granadilloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “granadilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: gra‧na‧di‧lla
Noun edit
granadilla f (plural granadillas)
- (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru) passion fruit, sweet granadilla, grenadia (specifically Passiflora ligularis)
- Synonyms: (Passiflora edulis) maracuyá, (Guatemala) granadilla común
- (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) fruit from the granadillo tree (Platymiscium pinnatum)
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: granadilha
Further reading edit
- “granadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “granadilla” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.