passe-fleur

French

Etymology

Nativized from passi-flore, passiflore, from translingual Passiflora and Medieval Latin flōs passiōnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.flœʁ/ ~ /pɑs.flœʁ/

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Noun

passe-fleur f (plural passe-fleurs) (obsolete)

1. common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
2. rose campion (Silene coronaria syn. Lychnis coronaria)

Derived terms

• passe-rose (“idem”)

Further reading

• “passe-fleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.