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passion tree

passion tree noun: a passion flower cultivated for its fruit.

Noun

passion tree (plural passion trees)

  1. (obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit.
    • Mr. Fairchild budded a passion-tree, whose leaves were spotted with yellow, into one which bears long fruit.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 200
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Forms of passion tree

pluralpassion trees

Questions about passion tree

What does passion tree mean?
Passion tree means a passion flower cultivated for its fruit.
What part of speech is passion tree?
Passion tree is a noun.
What is the plural of passion tree?
The plural of passion tree is passion trees.

Words near passion tree in the dictionary

  1. passion pop
  2. passion potion
  3. passion potions
  4. Passion Sunday
  5. Passion Sundays
  6. passion tree
  7. passion trees
  8. passion wagon
  9. passion wagons
  10. Passion Week
  11. passion-flower

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