Passiflora
Pronunciation : Pas"si*flo"ra
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passiflore?, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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