passion fruit
noun
: the edible fruit of a passionflower
especially
: the small roundish purple or yellow fruit of a Brazilian passionflower (Passiflora edulis) grown commercially in warmer parts of the U.S. compare granadilla
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Flavors include carrot cake, chocolate, ube and coconut, and passion fruit.
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
The restaurant incorporates these peppercorns into desserts, playing the smokiness off of pineapple, mangoes or passion fruit.
—Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 3 June 2024
Fruit tea flavors include pineapple, passion fruit, lychee, peach and strawberry.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 3 June 2024
Specialty champagne cocktails include a berry mimosa made with blackberry puree and orange juice, and a passion fruit pineapple mimosa.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
The restaurant incorporates these peppercorns into desserts, playing the smokiness off of pineapple, mangoes or passion fruit.
—Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 3 June 2024
Fruit tea flavors include pineapple, passion fruit, lychee, peach and strawberry.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 3 June 2024
Specialty champagne cocktails include a berry mimosa made with blackberry puree and orange juice, and a passion fruit pineapple mimosa.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Passion fruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passion%20fruit. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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