granadilla

1. 1.

   tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit

   Synonymsgiant granadillaPassiflora quadrangularis

   Broaderpassionflower
2. 2.

   considered best for fruit

   Synonymssweet granadillaPassiflora ligularis

   Broaderpassionflower
3. 3.

   Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit

   Synonymspurple granadilloPassiflora edulis

   Broaderpassionflower
4. 4.

   the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers

   Broaderpassion fruit

Other forms of granadilla

plural

granadillas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about granadilla

What does granadilla mean?

granadilla means "tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in granadilla?

granadilla has 4 syllables: gra-na-dil-la. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for granadilla?

Close synonyms include giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis, sweet granadilla, Passiflora ligularis, purple granadillo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is granadilla a common word?

granadilla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.