passion fruit Meaning of "passion fruit"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks

Usage(s):

  1. One popular combo, green tea with passion fruit, tapioca pearls and chewy coconut cubes, helps explain why 85C's next coffee innovations will use panna cotta and fresh fruit.
  2. The provocatively named passion fruit, though adding a bright sophisticated flavor to sherbets and creamy desserts, is unpleasantly cloying when eaten plain.
  3. Latin American infants, for instance, eat Gerber passion fruit and guava.
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