PASSIONFLOWER

[pas.sion.flow.er] n [fr. the fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of Christ's crucifixion] (1633): any of a genus (Passiflora of the family Passifloraceae, the passionflower family) of chiefly tropical woody tendriled climbing vines or erect herbs with usu. showy flowers and pulpy often edible berries