granadilla
granadilla Lexical Profile
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• noun
The edible, seed-filled fruit of several tropical American passionflower vines, typically characterized by a hard, brittle outer shell and a sweet, jelly-like, aromatic pulp.
"She sliced the granadilla in half and scooped out the vibrant, sweet seeds with a spoon to serve over yogurt."
The fast-growing tropical climbing vine (genus Passiflora, especially Passiflora ligularis or Passiflora edulis) that produces the granadilla fruit.
"They planted a granadilla along the garden trellis to provide shade and a fresh harvest during the summer months."
Word Nuance & Usage
While used in botanical contexts globally to specify certain species of passion fruit (like the sweet granadilla), it serves as the everyday, generic term for standard passion fruit in regions like South Africa.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish 'granadilla', literally meaning 'little pomegranate' (a diminutive of 'granada'), so named by early Spanish explorers in the Americas due to the fruit's thick rind and numerous internal seeds.
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