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passionfruit

passionfruit is the alternative form of passion fruit.

Meaning of passion fruit

Noun

passion fruit (countable and uncountable, plural passion fruit or passion fruits)

  1. A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible fruit.
  2. The edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora edulis; a round fruit with a purple or yellow skin which is native to Brazil.
    • He brought four passion fruits from the market.
  3. (uncountable) The flesh of the edible fruit.
    • A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.
  4. (colloquial) A passionate person; a lover.
    • “Ah my little passion fruit,” José cooed, “I knew it. You are feeling the love too!”2009, Marnelle Tokio, Room 207

Forms of passionfruit

pluralpassionfruits

Phrases with passionfruit

Questions about passionfruit

What is passionfruit the alternative form of?
Passionfruit is the alternative form of passion fruit.

Words near passionfruit in the dictionary

  1. passionating
  2. passionative
  3. passioned
  4. passionflower
  5. passionflowers
  6. passionfruit
  7. passionfruits
  8. passionful
  9. passionfully
  10. passioning
  11. Passionist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: passionfruit (page history and authors); passion fruit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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