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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The award-winning juice and jelly from her passion fruit was sold at area stores and gourmet food markets in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, according to Vista Historical Society archives.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
This raw, unpasteurised sugar free kombucha, uses a green tea base and comes in raspberry, passion fruit, and ginger kombucha with turmeric.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
South Floridians know that this humble roadside market is bursting with the best produce, from mangoes, bananas, and avocados, to rarer delights like passion fruit.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
The Mango Passion Frosted Lemonade mixes lemonade, vanilla ice cream and mango and passion fruit flavors.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
Much of the food served, including Amazonas fruits like cherimoya and passion fruit, is grown on the property.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
Her background and training in France and Asia shine through in creations like chocolate halvah cookies, madeleines kissed by passion fruit glaze, and a to-die-for mango cheesecake.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2024
A little farther is Karu, which serves passion fruit macarons and guava jam tarts under towering mango trees in the fashionably bohemian Las Mercedes neighborhood.
—Laurence Blair, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
The cocktail menu has 10 specialty cocktails, including the Fifth & Rosemary with tequila, sparkling wine, grapefruit bitters, passion fruit and rosemary.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
This raw, unpasteurised sugar free kombucha, uses a green tea base and comes in raspberry, passion fruit, and ginger kombucha with turmeric.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
South Floridians know that this humble roadside market is bursting with the best produce, from mangoes, bananas, and avocados, to rarer delights like passion fruit.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
The Mango Passion Frosted Lemonade mixes lemonade, vanilla ice cream and mango and passion fruit flavors.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
Much of the food served, including Amazonas fruits like cherimoya and passion fruit, is grown on the property.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
Her background and training in France and Asia shine through in creations like chocolate halvah cookies, madeleines kissed by passion fruit glaze, and a to-die-for mango cheesecake.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2024
A little farther is Karu, which serves passion fruit macarons and guava jam tarts under towering mango trees in the fashionably bohemian Las Mercedes neighborhood.
—Laurence Blair, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
The cocktail menu has 10 specialty cocktails, including the Fifth & Rosemary with tequila, sparkling wine, grapefruit bitters, passion fruit and rosemary.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Passion fruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passion%20fruit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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